sooo...
i managed to install samba now.
i presume you did the same thing as me, uninstalled samba and deleted
/etc/samba.
the installer just presumes that this directory (or even the config file
in it, i don't know) exists and fails when it doesn't.
please try the following (fixed it for me):
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: samba (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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im on 15.10, happens for me also.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1556270
Title:
package samba-libs 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
ErrorMessage:
I have run into this bug twice before during upgrades for samba. samba
in its present state is not useable on 16.04
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