[Bug 541595] Re: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured

[Brian Murray]

Looking at the duplicates of this bug we see the following versions of
apt:

LP: #915637/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2011-12-23 17:17:42,223 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #916734/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-01-06 20:46:55,415 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #946350/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-04 04:26:40,205 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #946363/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-04 04:26:40,205 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #946365/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-04 04:26:40,205 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #946371/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-04 04:26:40,205 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #946374/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-04 04:26:40,205 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'
LP: #948592/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-06 13:54:24,714 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.1'
LP: #948593/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-06 13:54:24,714 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.1'
LP: #948606/VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz:2012-03-03 20:47:12,080 INFO apt version: '0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13'

none of which are later than the versions Steve mentions.

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Title:
  [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already
  installed and configured

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: dpkg

  For yet unknown reasons packages fail to install with an error like:

  dpkg: error processing flashplugin-installer (--configure):
   package flashplugin-installer is already installed and configured

  without further error.
  This is a "one time" failure. Another run of the installation doesn't produce any error.

  Users reporting this error are also experiencing bug 545790 and bug
  545738 .

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Mar 19 00:09:06 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  Package: dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu3
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686

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