[Bug 1602101] Re: package upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1 failed to install/upgrade: package upstart is already installed and configured

[dino99]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1407757 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407757

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1407757
   multi-arch packages cannot be installed due to dpkg wrongly detecting them as already installed

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Title:
  package upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1 failed to install/upgrade: package
  upstart is already installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ubuntu software crashes

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-lowlatency 4.4.13
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-lowlatency i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: i386
  CrashReports:
   600:0:116:294115:2016-07-12 00:10:32.478304862 +0200:2016-07-12 00:10:33.478304862 +0200:/var/crash/upstart.0.crash
   600:0:116:294132:2016-07-12 00:10:33.463304353 +0200:2016-07-12 00:10:33.182294807 +0200:/var/crash/libbrlapi0.6:i386.0.crash
   600:0:116:294143:2016-07-12 00:10:33.508305882 +0200:2016-07-12 00:10:33.478304863 +0200:/var/crash/initramfs-tools-bin.0.crash
  Date: Tue Jul 12 00:10:33 2016
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:upstart:1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1
   Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
   dpkg: error processing package libbrlapi0.6:i386 (--configure):
    package libbrlapi0.6:i386 is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package upstart is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-10 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160420.1)
  ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-28-lowlatency root=UUID=22861ba5-c6c7-4c26-9b74-9c10f0c7d8f4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1 failed to install/upgrade: package upstart is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UpstartBugCategory: System
  UpstartRunningSystemJobs:
   Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist
  UpstartRunningSystemVersion: Error: command ['initctl', '--system', 'version'] failed with exit code 1: initctl: Name "com.ubuntu.Upstart" does not exist

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