I am also encountering a stuck openvpn install on a fairly fresh Ubuntu 17.10 install. I have not been able to install.
Installation shows: $ sudo apt install openvpn Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: resolvconf easy-rsa The following NEW packages will be installed: openvpn 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Need to get 469 kB of archives. After this operation, 1,126 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 openvpn amd64 2.4.3-4ubuntu1 [469 kB] Fetched 469 kB in 1s (421 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package openvpn. (Reading database ... 127063 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../openvpn_2.4.3-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking openvpn (2.4.3-4ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... Setting up openvpn (2.4.3-4ubuntu1) ... Progress: [ 66%] The following openvpn related processes are present: $ ps aux | grep openvpn root 6183 0.0 0.0 68244 1520 pts/1 S+ 16:25 0:00 sudo apt install openvpn root 6184 0.4 0.2 126168 23956 pts/1 S+ 16:25 0:01 apt install openvpn root 6229 0.0 0.1 71204 14412 pts/2 S+ 16:25 0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/openvpn.postinst configure root 6236 0.0 0.0 4608 128 pts/2 S+ 16:25 0:00 /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/openvpn.postinst configure root 6242 0.0 0.0 4608 936 pts/2 S+ 16:25 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d openvpn cond-restart root 6264 0.0 0.0 4608 980 pts/2 S+ 16:25 0:00 /bin/sh -e /etc/init.d/openvpn cond-restart xxxx 6368 0.0 0.0 21452 892 pts/4 S+ 16:29 0:00 grep --color=auto openvpn ** Changed in: openvpn (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1725525 Title: Cannot complete installation in Ubuntu 17.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/1725525/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
