Hi, Thank you for your help. The suggestion to purge the one package worked. and I now have a new, freshly installed nagios3.
Apologise for taking so long to get back and try this. Kenneth Long --- On Fri, 2/18/11, James Page <704...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > From: James Page <704...@bugs.launchpad.net> > Subject: [Bug 704766] Re: unable to install nagios3 > To: kelong_2...@yahoo.com > Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 5:26 AM > We'd like to figure out what's > causing this bug for you, but we haven't > heard back from you in a while. Did taking these actions > resolve your > issue? Thanks! > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a direct > subscriber > of the bug. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704766 > > Title: > unable to install nagios3 > > Status in “nagios3” package in Ubuntu: > Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: nagios3 > > using ubuntu server, not desktop > > # uname -a > Linux hostname 2.6.35-24-server #42-Ubuntu SMP Thu > Dec 2 03:58:11 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > # lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 10.10 > Release: 10.10 > > > # apt-get install nagios3 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > nagios3-cgi nagios3-common nagios3-core > The following NEW packages will be installed: > nagios3 nagios3-cgi nagios3-common > nagios3-core > 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not > upgraded. > Need to get 1,987kB/1,988kB of archives. > After this operation, 6,103kB of additional disk > space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y > Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ > maverick/main nagios3-common all 3.2.1-2ubuntu1 [77.1kB] > Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ > maverick/main nagios3-core amd64 3.2.1-2ubuntu1 [283kB] > Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ > maverick/main nagios3-cgi amd64 3.2.1-2ubuntu1 [1,627kB] > Fetched 1,987kB in 7s (281kB/s) > > > > > > > Preconfiguring packages ... > Selecting previously deselected package > nagios3-common. > (Reading database ... 76434 files and directories > currently installed.) > Unpacking nagios3-common (from > .../nagios3-common_3.2.1-2ubuntu1_all.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package > nagios3-core. > Unpacking nagios3-core (from > .../nagios3-core_3.2.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package > nagios3-cgi. > Unpacking nagios3-cgi (from > .../nagios3-cgi_3.2.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package nagios3. > Unpacking nagios3 (from > .../nagios3_3.2.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ... > Processing triggers for ureadahead ... > Processing triggers for man-db ... > Setting up nagios3-common (3.2.1-2ubuntu1) ... > * Starting nagios3 monitoring daemon > nagios3 > > > > > Nagios Core 3.2.1 > Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Nagios Core Development Team > and Community Contributors > Copyright (c) 1999-2009 Ethan Galstad > Last Modified: 03-09-2010 > License: GPL > > Website: http://www.nagios.org > Reading configuration data... > Read main config file okay... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/commands.cfg'... > Processing object config directory > '/etc/nagios-plugins/config'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios-plugins/config/check_nrpe.cfg'... > Processing object config directory > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/extinfo_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/timeperiods_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/generic-host_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/contacts_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/services_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/generic-service_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/localhost_nagios2.cfg'... > Processing object config file > '/etc/nagios3/conf.d/hostgroups_nagios2.cfg'... > Read object config files okay... > > Running pre-flight check on configuration data... > > Checking services... > Error: Service check command 'check_load' specified > in service 'Current Load' for host 'localhost' not defined > anywhere! > Error: Service check command 'check_users' specified > in service 'Current Users' for host 'localhost' not defined > anywhere! > Error: Service check command 'check_all_disks' > specified in service 'Disk Space' for host 'localhost' not > defined anywhere! > Error: Service check command 'check_http' specified > in service 'HTTP' for host 'localhost' not defined > anywhere! > Error: Service check command 'check_ssh' specified > in service 'SSH' for host 'localhost' not defined anywhere! > Error: Service check command 'check_procs' specified > in service 'Total Processes' for host 'localhost' not > defined anywhere! > Checked 6 services. > Checking hosts... > Error: Host check command 'check-host-alive' > specified for host 'localhost' is not defined anywhere! > Checked 1 hosts. > Checking host groups... > Checked 4 host groups. > Checking service groups... > Checked 0 service groups. > Checking contacts... > Checked 1 contacts. > Checking contact groups... > Checked 1 contact groups. > Checking service escalations... > Checked 0 service escalations. > Checking service dependencies... > Checked 0 service dependencies. > Checking host escalations... > Checked 0 host escalations. > Checking host dependencies... > Checked 0 host dependencies. > Checking commands... > Checked 6 commands. > Checking time periods... > Checked 4 time periods. > Checking for circular paths between hosts... > Checking for circular host and service > dependencies... > Checking global event handlers... > Checking obsessive compulsive processor commands... > Checking misc settings... > > Total Warnings: 0 > Total Errors: 7 > > ***> One or more problems was encountered while > running the pre-flight > check... > > Check your configuration > file(s) to ensure that they contain valid > directives and data > defintions. If you are upgrading from a previous > version of Nagios, you > should be aware that some variables/definitions > may have been removed or > modified in this version. Make sure to read > the HTML documentation > regarding the config files, as well as the > 'Whats New' section to find > out what has changed. > > * errors in config! > > > > > > > > [fail] > invoke-rc.d: initscript nagios3, action "start" > failed. > dpkg: error processing nagios3-common > (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation > script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > nagios3-core: > nagios3-core depends on nagios3-common (= > 3.2.1-2ubuntu1); however: > Package nagios3-common is not configured > yet. > dpkg: error processing nagios3-core (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving > unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > nagios3-cgi: > nagios3-cgi depends on nagios3-common (= > 3.2.1-2ubuntu1); however: > Package nagios3-common is not configured > yet. > dpkg: error processing nagios3-cgi (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving > unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of > nagios3: > nagios3 depends on nagios3-core (= > 3.2.1-2ubuntu1); however: > Package nagios3-core is not configured yet. > nagios3 depends on nagios3-cgi (= > 3.2.1-2ubuntu1); however: > Package nagios3-cgi is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing nagios3 (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving > unconfigured > No apport report written because the error message > indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. > > > > > > > No apport report > written because the error message indicates its a followup > error from a previous failure. > > > > > > No > apport report written because MaxReports is reached already > > > Errors were encountered while processing: > nagios3-common > nagios3-core > nagios3-cgi > nagios3 > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code > (1) > # > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nagios3/+bug/704766/+subscribe > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704766 Title: unable to install nagios3 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs