Recently any attempt to update my 16.04 installation fails with errors relating to util-linux. I don't seem to be able to update or install any packages. Here is the commands I tried and the results they returned.
First I ran…
sudo apt-get update
which returned…
Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Then ran…
sudo apt-get clean
there was no output from this command.
Next I ran…
sudo apt-get autoremove
which returned (I've removed blocks that repeated many times) …
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 122 not to upgrade.
6 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up util-linux (2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2) ...
insserv: warning: script 'K01smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service smfpd and rc.local if started
insserv: loop involving service rc.local at depth 7
insserv: loop involving service smfpd at depth 1
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package util-linux (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
udev depends on util-linux (>= 2.27.1); however:
Package util-linux is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
A reboot is required to replace the running dbus-daemon.
Please reboot the system when convenient.
insserv: warning: script 'K01smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service smfpd and rc.local if started
insserv: loop involving service rc.local at depth 7
insserv: loop involving service smfpd at depth 1
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64:
libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package dbus-x11 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbuNo apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
util-linux
udev
dbus
libpam-systemd:amd64
dbus-x11
gconf2
... repeated many time
gconf2
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The next command I ran was…
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
which returned…
Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:6 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
appmenu-qt5 apport apport-gtk appstream apt apt-transport-https apt-utils
base-files bsdutils console-setup console-setup-linux firefox
firefox-locale-en gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-4.0 gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 grub-common grub-pc
grub-pc-bin grub2-common gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-libav
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-faad
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad-videoparsers gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly-amr
gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-tools gstreamer1.0-x
humanity-icon-theme im-config indicator-application keyboard-configuration
klibc-utils krb5-locales libappstream3 libapt-inst2.0 libapt-pkg5.0
libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libdrm2
libegl1-mesa libfcitx-config4 libfcitx-gclient0 libfcitx-utils0 libfdisk1
libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libgles1-mesa
libgles2-mesa libglib2.0-0 libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-data
libgnutls-openssl27 libgnutls30 libgssapi-krb5-2
libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
libgstreamer-plugins-good1.0-0 libgstreamer1.0-0 libhogweed4 libido3-0.1-0
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libk5crypto3 libklibc libkrb5-3 libkrb5support0
libmount1 libnettle6 liboxideqt-qmlplugin liboxideqtcore0 liboxideqtquick0
libpulse-mainloop-glib0 libpulse0 libpulsedsp libsmartcols1 libssl1.0.0
libwayland-egl1-mesa libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37-gtk2
libwxbase3.0-0v5 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 libxatracker2 libxpm4 linux-firmware
linux-libc-dev mesa-vdpau-drivers mount nano ntfs-3g openssl os-prober
oxideqt-codecs-extra pulseaudio pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
pulseaudio-module-x11 pulseaudio-utils python3-apport python3-distupgrade
python3-problem-report qml-module-ubuntu-web snap-confine snapd sudo
ubuntu-core-launcher ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk uuid-runtime webapp-container webbrowser-app
119 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 3 not to upgrade.
6 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 41.3 MB/187 MB of archives.
After this operation, 3,237 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk all 1:16.04.21 [9,334 B]
<Please note that I don't have the reputation to post all of the get links>
Get:98 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 appmenu-qt5 amd64 0.3.0+16.04.20151130-0ubuntu2 [95.7 kB]
Fetched 41.3 MB in 1min 58s (349 kB/s)
Extract templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Setting up util-linux (2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2) ...
insserv: warning: script 'K01smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service smfpd and rc.local if started
insserv: loop involving service rc.local at depth 7
insserv: loop involving service smfpd at depth 1
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package util-linux (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
util-linux
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
The next command was…
sudo dpkg --configure -a
which returned…
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
udev depends on util-linux (>= 2.27.1); however:
Package util-linux is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for systemd:
systemd depends on util-linux (>= 2.27.1); however:
Package util-linux is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
Setting up dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
A reboot is required to replace the running dbus-daemon.
Please reboot the system when convenient.
insserv: warning: script 'K01smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service smfpd and rc.local if started
insserv: loop involving service rc.local at depth 7
insserv: loop involving service smfpd at depth 1
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64:
libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
<this block repeated many times>
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
udev
systemd
dbus
libpam-systemd:amd64
dbus-x11
gconf2
repeated many times
gconf2
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
Finally I ran…
sudo apt-get install -f
which returned…
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 122 not to upgrade.
6 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up util-linux (2.27.1-6ubuntu3.2) ...
insserv: warning: script 'K01smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service smfpd and rc.local if started
insserv: loop involving service rc.local at depth 7
insserv: loop involving service smfpd at depth 1
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package util-linux (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of udev:
udev depends on util-linux (>= 2.27.1); however:
Package util-linux is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package udev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates it's a follow-up error from a previous failure.
A reboot is required to replace the running dbus-daemon.
Please reboot the system when convenient.
insserv: warning: script 'K01smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: warning: script 'smfpd' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: There is a loop between service smfpd and rc.local if started
insserv: loop involving service rc.local at depth 7
insserv: loop involving service smfpd at depth 1
insserv: Starting smfpd depends on rc.local and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!
insserv: exiting now without changing boot order!
update-rc.d: error: insserv rejected the script header
dpkg: error processing package dbus (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpam-systemd:amd64:
libpam-systemd:amd64 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package libpam-systemd:amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dbus-x11:
dbus-x11 depends on dbus; however:
Package dbus is not configured yet.
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg: error processing package dbus-x11 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
<this block repeated many times>
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for gconf2:
gconf2 depends on dbus-x11; however:
Package dbus-x11 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package gconf2 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached
Errors were encountered while processing:
util-linux
udev
dbus
libpam-systemd:amd64
dbus-x11
gconf2
<repeated many times>
gconf2
Any help, suggestions, ideas or guesses would be gratefully accepted.
Best Answer
Turns out that the Samsung printer driver I'd loaded to sort out a neighbour's printer problems was the cause of all my problems. That will teach me for being so helpful ;-)
The clue was this line...
which led me to think about printers. For the record, the drivers I downloaded and installed were
UnifiedLinuxDriver_1.00.tar.gzwhich fortunately included anuninstall.shscript.