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

[Howard Brodale]

Upgrading to precise Pangolin 12.04 has lead to problems like this on my
Ubuntu pc.  Its linux header documentation files that won't install
because of not enough space on device:

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-24_3.2.0-24.37_all.deb: error creating directory `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24': No space left on device
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic_3.2.0-24.37_i386.deb: error creating directory `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic': No space left on device
E: /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic-pae_3.2.0-24.37_i386.deb: error creating directory `./usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-24-generic-pae': No space left on device

 df shows /usr to be:
df /usr
Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5        4504400 3917004    361624  92% /usr

But, sda5, mounted as root or /, shows to be only half full by GParted,
where /usr is.

Disk Usage Analyzer shows / to be 100% where /usr is at 41.5%.  Looks
like Ubuntu Linux 12.04 isn't being smart about how much hard space is
really left.

 And, another anomaly is df /proc:
df /proc
Filesystem     1K-blocks  Used Available Use% Mounted on
proc                   0     0         0    - /proc

 Where /proc does have a lot of stuff in it.

 This /usr not having enough space issue is also leading to app-port
problems where processes are failing from broken pipes. And, weird
behaviors where control is lost and app windows go blank.  Only a
Terminal issued shutdown works where no gui control is, there.

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

Status in dpkg:
  New
Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

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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