Public bug reported: did a bug report due to that it still not fixed in Ubuntu 18.04, this is a duplicate of #1546112 however in a different version as Ubuntu.
root@lynk:/# sudo apt purge ceph* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'ceph-fs-common' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-common' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-mds' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-mgr' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-mon' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-osd' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-test' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-deploy' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-base' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-resource-agents' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-fuse' for glob 'ceph*' Note, selecting 'ceph-client-tools' for glob 'ceph*' Package 'ceph-client-tools' is not installed, so not removed Package 'ceph-fs-common' is not installed, so not removed Package 'ceph-deploy' is not installed, so not removed Package 'ceph-fuse' is not installed, so not removed Package 'ceph-mds' is not installed, so not removed Package 'ceph-resource-agents' is not installed, so not removed Package 'ceph-test' is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: formencode-i18n libboost-program-options1.65.1 libboost-python1.65.1 libboost-random1.65.1 libboost-regex1.65.1 libcephfs2 libgoogle-perftools4 libibverbs1 libjs-sphinxdoc libjs-underscore libleveldb1v5 librados2 libradosstriper1 librbd1 libtcmalloc-minimal4 libunwind8 python-cephfs python-certifi python-cherrypy3 python-dnspython python-formencode python-logutils python-mako python-markupsafe python-openid python-paste python-pastedeploy python-pastedeploy-tpl python-pastescript python-pecan python-prettytable python-pyinotify python-rados python-rbd python-repoze.lru python-requests python-routes python-scgi python-simplegeneric python-singledispatch python-tempita python-waitress python-webob python-webtest python-werkzeug Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: ceph* ceph-base* ceph-common* ceph-mgr* ceph-mon* ceph-osd* 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 6 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. After this operation, 134 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 205987 files and directories currently installed.) Removing ceph-mgr (12.2.2-0ubuntu2) ... Failed to stop ceph.service: Unit ceph.service not loaded. invoke-rc.d: initscript ceph, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing package ceph-mgr (--remove): installed ceph-mgr package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5 Removing ceph-osd (12.2.2-0ubuntu2) ... Failed to stop ceph.service: Unit ceph.service not loaded. invoke-rc.d: initscript ceph, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing package ceph-osd (--remove): installed ceph-osd package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5 Removing ceph-mon (12.2.2-0ubuntu2) ... Failed to stop ceph.service: Unit ceph.service not loaded. invoke-rc.d: initscript ceph, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing package ceph-mon (--remove): installed ceph-mon package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5 dpkg: ceph-base: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: ceph-mgr depends on ceph-base (= 12.2.2-0ubuntu2). ceph-mon depends on ceph-base (= 12.2.2-0ubuntu2). ceph-osd depends on ceph-base (= 12.2.2-0ubuntu2). Removing ceph-base (12.2.2-0ubuntu2) ... Failed to stop ceph.service: Unit ceph.service not loaded. invoke-rc.d: initscript ceph, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing package ceph-base (--remove): installed ceph-base package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg: ceph-common: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested: ceph-base depends on ceph-common (= 12.2.2-0ubuntu2). ceph-osd depends on ceph-common (= 12.2.2-0ubuntu2). Removing ceph-common (12.2.2-0ubuntu2) ... Errors were encountered while processing: ceph-mgr ceph-osd ceph-mon ceph-base E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) did a bug report due to that it still not fixed in ubuntu 18.04 system info Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch) Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic Linux version 4.15.0-12-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-002) (gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-5ubuntu1)) #13-Ubuntu SMP Thu Mar 8 06:24:47 UTC 2018 Ceph info (all packages incluing not installed packages) root@lynk:/# apt-cache policy ceph* ceph-fs-common: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: ceph-common: Installed: (none) Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ceph-mds: Installed: (none) Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages ceph-mgr: Installed: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ceph-mon: Installed: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ceph-osd: Installed: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ceph-test: Installed: (none) Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages ceph-deploy: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.5.38-0ubuntu1 Version table: 1.5.38-0ubuntu1 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages ceph-base: Installed: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ceph-resource-agents: Installed: (none) Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages ceph: Installed: (none) Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ceph-fuse: Installed: (none) Candidate: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: 12.2.2-0ubuntu2 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages ceph-client-tools: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: ** Affects: ceph (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1756495 Title: ceph package pre-removal script subprocess returmed error exit status 5 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ceph/+bug/1756495/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs