I had the same error on ubuntu 9.04. uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.24-24-generic #1 SMP Tue Jun 30 20:28:53 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
sudo apt-get install pimd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done pimd is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: libempathy11 libtelepathy-glib0 telepathy-mission-control libmissioncontrol-client0 libempathy-gtk11 libempathy-common libmissioncontrol-server1 libtelepathy2 libempathy-gtk-common Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 64 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up pimd (2.1.0-alpha29.17-8) ... Starting pimd: pimd: 10:05:28.152 cannot enable multicast routing in kernel: Address already in use invoke-rc.d: initscript pimd, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing pimd (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255 Errors were encountered while processing: pimd E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- apt-get install crashes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/362274 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