bind 9 fails to update

[Colin Law]

On 22 March 2016 at 08:19, robert <robert at redcor.ch> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I am running Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS.
> Now when I try to upgrade I get the following error:
> Setting up bind9 (1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8) ...
> locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
>  * Starting domain name service... bind9 [fail]
> invoke-rc.d: initscript bind9, action "start" failed.
> dpkg: error processing package 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)
>
>
> what I did try is to uninstall bind9 and to reinstall it.
>
> How can I fix this error?

Sometimes this sort of situation can be caused by temporary issues in
the repositories.  Having now given it a few hours try, in a terminal

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
(or sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade if you are
happier using the old commands)
and see if it is still the same.

Colin