I have similar issue on Ubuntu 16.04 beta 2 (updated on Apr/5/2016): $ sudo apt-get install runit Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: socklog-run The following NEW packages will be installed: runit 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/102 kB of archives. After this operation, 503 kB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package runit. (Reading database ... 179854 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../runit_2.1.2-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking runit (2.1.2-3ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Setting up runit (2.1.2-3ubuntu1) ... start: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused dpkg: error processing package runit (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Errors were encountered while processing: runit E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch)" Even I followed https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runit/+bug/406621/comments/5 to remove git-all, the issue still remains. Steven -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448164 Title: runit cannot be installed (Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/runit/+bug/1448164/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
