Public bug reported: Binary package hint: samba
I get the following consistently when trying to install samba in maverick beta. This is after having to purge it due to a previous hung installation related to LP #639768, which has been fixed. sudo apt-get install samba Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: openbsd-inetd inet-superserver smbldap-tools ldb-tools The following NEW packages will be installed: samba 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/8,128kB of archives. After this operation, 23.4MB of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package samba. (Reading database ... 488738 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking samba (from .../samba_2%3a3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu7_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for ufw ... Processing triggers for ureadahead ... Setting up samba (2:3.5.4~dfsg-1ubuntu7) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/smbstatus.samba3 to provide /usr/bin/smbstatus (smbstatus) in auto mode. Generating /etc/default/samba... It never comes back at this point. ** Affects: samba (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- samba install hangs in 'samba.postinst configure' https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641519 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs