This is an odd one. The installation returns with an error. However, the subsequent (manual) configuration via dpkg does not.
The following NEW packages will be installed: quassel-client quassel-core 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 19 not upgraded. Need to get 21.5MB of archives. After this operation, 5878kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe quassel-client 0.4.1-0ubuntu3 [16.1MB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe quassel-core 0.4.1-0ubuntu3 [5327kB] Fetched 21.5MB in 19s (1073kB/s) (Reading database ... 198172 files and directories currently installed.) Removing quassel ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Selecting previously deselected package quassel-client. (Reading database ... 198166 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking quassel-client (from .../quassel-client_0.4.1-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package quassel-core. Unpacking quassel-core (from .../quassel-core_0.4.1-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up quassel-client (0.4.1-0ubuntu3) ... Setting up quassel-core (0.4.1-0ubuntu3) ... Creating /var/cache/quassel directory ... Creating quassel group... Creating quasselcore user... Creating /var/log/quassel directory ... Generating SSL certificate as /var/cache/quassel/quasselCert.pem ... Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key ..........................++++++ ..................................++++++ writing new private key to '/var/cache/quassel/quasselCert.pem' ----- * Starting distributed IRC core quasselcore [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript quasselcore, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing quassel-core (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: quassel-core E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ralph.ja...@desktop001:~/uml-generated-code$ dpkg --configure quassel-core dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege ralph.ja...@desktop001:~/uml-generated-code$ sudo dpkg --configure quassel-core Setting up quassel-core (0.4.1-0ubuntu3) ... Creating /var/cache/quassel directory ... Creating /var/log/quassel directory ... * Starting distributed IRC core quasselcore -- package quassel-core 0.4.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/347087 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs