Public bug reported: Unable to install pollinate 4.29-0ubuntu1~xenial using apt on Ubuntu 16.04 Following are the details:
$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04 LTS" $ uname -m x86_64 $ add-apt-repository ppa:pollinate/ppa More info: https://launchpad.net/~pollinate/+archive/ubuntu/ppa Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp8wgcqrvy/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp8wgcqrvy/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 43732553 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmp8wgcqrvy/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key 43732553: public key "Launchpad PPA for pollinate" imported gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1) OK $ apt-get install pollinate Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done After this operation, 52.2 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/pollinate/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 pollinate all 4.29-0ubuntu1~xenial [22.5 kB] Fetched 22.5 kB in 0s (45.1 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package pollinate. (Reading database ... 294106 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../pollinate_4.29-0ubuntu1~xenial_all.deb ... Unpacking pollinate (4.29-0ubuntu1~xenial) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up pollinate (4.29-0ubuntu1~xenial) ... chown: invalid user: ‘pollinate’ dpkg: error processing package pollinate (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Installation fails with error: chown: invalid user: ‘pollinate’ However, older installation of older version (4.25-0ubuntu1~16.04.1) still works. Please let me know if I am missing something here. Also, do let me know the right place to report this bug if this is not the forum to report this (Apologizes in case of inconvenience). Thanks ! ** Affects: pollinate (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746465 Title: Unable to install pollinate 4.29-0ubuntu1~xenial using apt on Ubuntu 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pollinate/+bug/1746465/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
