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Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-standard-support on April 29, 2021. See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it anymore. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in. ** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to initramfs-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1578616 Title: package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: sudo apt-get update Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Hit:2 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [92.2 kB] Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [93.3 kB] Fetched 185 kB in 2s (78.3 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done W: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg: Signature by key 4CCA1EAF950CEE4AB83976DCA040830F7FAC5991 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) W: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg: Signature by key 3B068FB4789ABE4AEFA3BB491397BC53640DB551 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) sudo apt-get install initramfs-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: initramfs-tools 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 8,592 B of archives. After this operation, 126 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 initramfs-tools all 0.122ubuntu8 [8,592 B] Fetched 8,592 B in 1s (7,879 B/s) Selecting previously unselected package initramfs-tools. (Reading database ... 430494 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../initramfs-tools_0.122ubuntu8_all.deb ... Unpacking initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.122ubuntu8) ... ls: cannot access '/var/lib/initramfs-tools': No such file or directory update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-21-generic /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: 206: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: cannot create /var/lib/initramfs-tools/4.4.0-21-generic: Directory nonexistent dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: initramfs-tools E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 AptOrdering: initramfs-tools: Install initramfs-tools: Configure NULL: ConfigurePending Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu May 5 17:47:32 2016 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-10 (299 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1 SourcePackage: initramfs-tools Title: package initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-04 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+bug/1578616/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
