Package: ntop
Version: 3:4.0.3+dfsg1-1
Severity: normal

I have this problem too. Fixed with pulling init file from svn and copying into 
/var/lib/ntop/init.cfg.

- Fred Concklin

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## command and error ##
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     user@host:~$ sudo aptitude reinstall ntop
     The following packages will be REINSTALLED:
     ntop 
     0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 
not upgraded.
     Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
     Setting up ntop (3:4.0.3+dfsg1-1) ...    
     dpkg: error processing ntop (--configure):
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30
     configured to not write apport reports
     Errors were encountered while processing:
     ntop
     E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
     A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:

     user@host:~$ 


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     user@host:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/ntop stop
     .: 4: Can't open /var/lib/ntop/init.cfg

#####

     user@host:~$ ls -la /var/lib/ntop/
     total 8
     drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4096 Dec 15 11:21 .
     drwxr-xr-x 46 root root 4096 Jan  6 17:41 ..
     user@host:~$

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     user@host:~$ sudo dpkg --purge ntop
     (Reading database ... 68300 files and directories currently installed.)
     Removing ntop ...
     .: 4: Can't open /var/lib/ntop/init.cfg
     invoke-rc.d: initscript ntop, action "stop" failed.
     .: 4: Can't open /var/lib/ntop/init.cfg
     invoke-rc.d: initscript ntop, action "stop" failed.
     dpkg: error processing ntop (--purge):
     subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
     dpkg: error while cleaning up:
     subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 30
     Errors were encountered while processing:
     ntop

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     user@host:~$ svn co https://svn.ntop.org/svn/ntop/trunk/ntop
     user@host:~$ sudo cp ntop/packages/debian.official/init 
/var/lib/ntop/init.cfg
     user@host:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/ntop stop
     user@host:~$ sudo aptitude remove ntop
     The following packages will be REMOVED:  
       javascript-common{u} libdbi0{u} libjs-mochikit{u} libpython2.6{u} 
librrd4{u} ntop ntop-data{u} python-mako{u} python-markupsafe{u} 
wwwconfig-common{u} 
     0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 10 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
     Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 13.0 MB will be freed.
     Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
     (Reading database ... 68300 files and directories currently installed.)
     Removing ntop ...
     Removing javascript-common ...
     Removing librrd4 ...
     Removing libdbi0 ...
     Removing ntop-data ...
     Removing libjs-mochikit ...
     Removing libpython2.6 ...
     Removing python-mako ...
     Removing python-markupsafe ...
     Removing wwwconfig-common ...
     Processing triggers for man-db ...
     
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     user@host:~$ sudo aptitude purge ntop
     The following packages will be REMOVED:  
       ntop{p} 
     0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
     Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
     Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Y
     (Reading database ... 67438 files and directories currently installed.)
     Removing ntop ...
     Purging configuration files for ntop ...

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## system information ##
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Linux host 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 10 15:35:08 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

dpkg -s libc6 | grep ^Version
Version: 2.11.2-7

ntop version: 3:4.0.3+dfsg1-1

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages ntop depends on:
ii  adduser               3.112+nmu2         add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.37             Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                 2.11.2-7           Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgdbm3              1.8.3-9            GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii  libgeoip1             1.4.7~beta6+dfsg-1 A non-DNS IP-to-country resolver l
ii  libpcap0.8            1.1.1-2            system interface for user-level pa
ii  libpython2.6          2.6.6-8+b1         Shared Python runtime library (ver
ii  librrd4               1.4.3-1            time-series data storage and displ
ii  libssl0.9.8           0.9.8o-4           SSL shared libraries
ii  ntop-data             3:4.0.3+dfsg1-1    display network usage in a web bro
ii  python-mako           0.3.6-1            fast and lightweight templating fo
ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3   compression library - runtime

ntop recommends no packages.

Versions of packages ntop suggests:
pn  graphviz    <none>                       (no description available)
ii  gsfonts     1:8.11+urwcyr1.0.7~pre44-4.2 Fonts for the Ghostscript interpre

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