Public bug reported:
We have our system pre-create users before installing packages so the
UIDs match across all of our systems, however elasticsearch fails to
install due to error:
Preparing to unpack .../elasticsearch_1.7.3+dfsg-3_all.deb ...
Warning: The home dir /var/lib/elasticsearch you specified can't be accessed:
No such file or directory
adduser: The user `elasticsearch' already exists. Exiting.
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/elasticsearch_1.7.3+dfsg-3_all.deb (--unpack):
It appears that the problem is the preinst control file:
if ! getent user 'elasticsearch' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
This should be "getent passwd"
It appears this is still present in the 1.7.5-1 version as well.
Versions:
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
elasticsearch:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.7.3+dfsg-3
Version table:
1.7.3+dfsg-3 500
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
** Affects: elasticsearch (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Package fails to install when user already exists.
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