[SOLVED] Ubuntu - Can't install software, running into trouble with sa-compile

ss32 · 08-21-2015, 12:19 PM

I'm trying to install vim, but this happens with any package and it's a new error for me. I recently updated and ran dist-upgrade as well. Looking around online others have run into a similar problem but I haven't found anything in the way of a widespread fix

Code:

# apt-get install vim
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
vim is already the newest version.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  account-plugin-windows-live libupstart1
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, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up sa-compile (3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1) ...
Running sa-compile (may take a long time)
cannot create ./.spamassassin5000WA9HJbtmp/log: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/sa-compile line 278.
dpkg: error processing package sa-compile (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sa-compile
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Ztcoracat · 08-21-2015, 07:12 PM

Hi:

Looking at this output-

Code:

vim is already the newest version.

Vim should already be installed. To check and see that it is run this command.

Code:

dpkg -L vim

Dpkg should confirm that vim is either installed or it's not.

Have you tried to open your konsole and type vim (name of file)?

Did you recently upgrade your distribution?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/56018...pilation-error
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2241684&page=2

Soadyheid · 08-21-2015, 07:31 PM

vim tends to be installed by default in most distros if I'm not mistaken?

Play Bonny!

Ztcoracat · 08-21-2015, 07:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soadyheid

vim tends to be installed by default in most distros if I'm not mistaken?

Play Bonny!

Your right, most distriubution's come with vim.:-

ss32 · 08-24-2015, 12:00 PM

Ok so it appears it did install but it's failing when trying to remove a package.

Code:

$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  account-plugin-windows-live libupstart1
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 267 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 330296 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing account-plugin-windows-live (0.11+14.04.20140409.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Removing libupstart1:amd64 (1.12.1-0ubuntu4.2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Setting up sa-compile (3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1) ...
Running sa-compile (may take a long time)
cannot create ./.spamassassin23753qz51Oxtmp/log: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/sa-compile line 278.
dpkg: error processing package sa-compile (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 sa-compile
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ss32 · 08-24-2015, 12:15 PM

I've solved it. The sa-compile script needs to be modified. The section around line 278 needs

Code:

  mkdir "$dirpath", 755;

added. So the entire block will look like this

Code:

  $log = ">>$dirpath/log";
  # empty it
  mkdir "$dirpath", 755;
  open(ZERO, ">$dirpath/log")  or die "cannot create $dirpath/log: $!";

Ztcoracat · 08-24-2015, 12:22 PM

Are things OK now and working correctly?