It seems like your influxdb unit is masked for some reason. Can you try unmasking it and then rerunning the installation? You can unmask it with the command:
``` sudo systemctl unmask influxdb.service ``` On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 7:45 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > I have a similar problem. > > After installing influxdb form the ubuntu repository I wanted to replace > it by the newest version form influxdb.com. > > After uninstalling the old version, I tried "sudo dpkg -i > influxdb_1.1.1_amd64.deb". But I get an error: > > henp@DESMUCDEV01:~$ sudo dpkg -i influxdb_1.1.1_amd64.deb > Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket influxdb wird gewählt. > (Lese Datenbank ... 124365 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit > installiert.) > Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von influxdb_1.1.1_amd64.deb ... > Entpacken von influxdb (1.1.1-1) ... > influxdb (1.1.1-1) wird eingerichtet ... > Failed to execute operation: Unit file is masked > dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes influxdb (--install): > Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 > zurück > Trigger für man-db (2.7.5-1) werden verarbeitet ... > Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von: > influxdb > > What am I doing wrong? > Any suggestion is welcome. > Thank you. > > -- > Remember to include the version number! > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxData" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/influxdb/9c5ced40-a2cc-48a6-aae4-b455a3438ef4%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CAD8sRLCXqsJ7a4ckwLdmhaMK5Wi0qfUqT2tKVfRHWkQJok6-sQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
