I can reproduce this in a minimal VM by purging policykit-1, restarting systemd, and installing a service:
sudo dpkg -P policykit-1 apport sudo systemctl daemon-reexec sudo apt-get install policykit-1 apport This reminds me a lot of bug 1423811, but this might actually lead to a simpler test case and a different angle for understanding this. Workaround: Install policykit-1 first, then reboot, then install everything else. Thanks for your report! ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) ** Tags added: systemd-boot ** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Vivid) Importance: High Assignee: Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1447654 Title: installing policykit-1 hangs under systemd Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in systemd source package in Vivid: In Progress Bug description: I've installed 15.04 using the current amd64 netboot.tar.gz (MD5 = 6566065bf73a9c81feeddf5520dda122). It installs fine, but I'm getting errors installing packages (such as lubuntu-core). Last few lines from apt-get: Processing triggers for systemd (219-7ubuntu3) ... Error getting authority: Error initializing authority: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1: Timeout was reached (g-io-error-quark, 24) Failed to execute operation: Connection timed out dpkg: error processing package systemd (--unpack): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.44.0-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.3-1) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for udev (219-7ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.8.12-1ubuntu5) ... Errors were encountered while processing: systemd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I've done a second install using the server iso and lubuntu-core installs fine on that. The only thing different was my install media. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1447654/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp