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  1. Bug #695842
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 695842

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Peter Matulis (petermatulis) wrote : Re: Cannot install - unable to execute installed post-installation script: Permission denied

The syslog file contains the following lines:

Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: Selecting previously deselected package base-files.
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: (Reading database ... 0 files and directories currently installed.)
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: dpkg: regarding .../base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2_amd64.deb containing base-files, pre-dependency problem:
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: base-files pre-depends on awk
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: awk is not installed.
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: dpkg: warning: ignoring pre-dependency problem!
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: Unpacking base-files (from .../base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2_amd64.deb) ...
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute new pre-installation script: Permission denied
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2_amd64.deb (--install):
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: Selecting previously deselected package base-passwd.
Dec 28 13:12:22 debootstrap: Unpacking base-passwd (from .../base-passwd_3.5.22_amd64.deb) ...
Dec 28 13:12:22 kernel: [ 1058.913707] JBD: barrier-based sync failed on md0-8 - disabling barriers
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: dpkg: base-passwd: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: base-passwd depends on libc6 (>= 2.8); however:
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: Package libc6 is not installed.
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: Setting up base-passwd (3.5.22) ...
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: Permission denied
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing base-passwd (--install):
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing:
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2_amd64.deb
Dec 28 13:12:23 debootstrap: base-passwd