I would guess that this is caused by the change in ganglia- monitor.postinst from (in natty)
adduser --system --ingroup ganglia --home /var/lib/ganglia ganglia to useradd --system ganglia I was able to build and install the package by changing it to: useradd --system ganglia -g ganglia -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/854866 Title: some ganglia packages won't install because of useradd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ganglia/+bug/854866/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs