The bug in Debian is not the same problem, the problem was on purge, not installing.
update-inetd is no more in netbase package. As Ubuntu drop inetd dependency on netbase, we do not install update-inetd by default (samba depends on netbase, and in Debian, netbase depends on and inetd and update-inetd). In Ubuntu, dependency on update-inetd has to be set. -- update-inetd dependency missing on 3.0.22-1ubuntu4 (feisty) https://launchpad.net/bugs/73734 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs