[Bug 479185] Re: bind 9 won't install

[keepitsimpleengr]

I'm having the same problem, and purge/install failed:

***~$ sudo apt-get purge bind9
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  kdesudo compiz-wrapper install-package compiz-plugins gdebi-kde libdecoration0 compiz-core
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bind9*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 885kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 496222 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bind9 ...
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9                                                        resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing bind9 (--purge):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bind9
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm having the same problem, and purge/install failed:
***~$ sudo apt-get install  bind9
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
bind9 is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  kdesudo compiz-wrapper install-package compiz-plugins gdebi-kde libdecoration0 compiz-core
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up bind9 (1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.3) ...
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9                                                        resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink
invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "restart" failed.
dpkg: error processing bind9 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bind9
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
***~$ sudo /etc/init.d/bind9 stop
[sudo] password for ljohnson: 
 * Stopping domain name service... bind9                                                        resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink
***~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 68.87.76.178

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bind 9 won't install
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/479185
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