Installing Virtualmin Pro on Ubuntu 8.04.4 64-bit failing

Submitted by RickHolt on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 16:24

I just tried to install a new server on Ubuntu 8.04.4 64-bit and received the following message:

Package webmin is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source

FATAL - Fatal Error Occured: Something went wrong during installation: 0 FATAL - Cannot continue installation. FATAL - Attempting to remove virtualmin repository configuration, so the installation can be FATAL - re-attempted after any problems have been resolved. FATAL - Removing temporary directory and files. FATAL - If you are unsure of what went wrong, you may wish to review the log FATAL - in /root/virtualmin-install.log

After receiving this message, I then tried the 32-bit version and also tried moving back to 8.04.1 to see if it would install.

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

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Submitted by andreychek on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 16:27

Passing this one to Joe...

Submitted by JamieCameron on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 16:36

If you run apt-get update from the command line, does it report any errors?

Submitted by Berilac on Tue, 03/23/2010 - 18:16

Can I add this to this thread, as I seem to be having similar issues as RickHolt, on same OS Ubuntu 8.04.4 64-bit.

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. INFO - Hit INFO - Removing Debian standard Webmin package, if they exist (because they're broken)... INFO - Removing Debian apache packages... INFO - Installing dependencies using command: /usr/bin/apt-get --config-file apt.conf.noninteractive -y --force-yes install postfix postfix-pcre webmin usermin ruby libapache2-mod-ruby libxml-simple-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl unzip zip quota ...in progress, please wait... INFO - /usr/bin/apt-get --config-file apt.conf.noninteractive -y --force-yes install postfix postfix-pcre webmin usermin ruby libapache2-mod-ruby libxml-simple-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl unzip zip quota: Succeeded. INFO - Succeeded. INFO - Installing Virtualmin and all related packages now using the command: INFO - /usr/bin/apt-get --config-file apt.conf.noninteractive -y --force-yes install virtualmin-base ...in progress, please wait... \E: Couldn't find package virtualmin-base /usr/bin/apt-get --config-file apt.conf.noninteractive -y --force-yes install virtualmin-base failed. Error (if any): 0

Displaying the last 15 lines of /root/virtualmin-install.log to help troubleshoot this problem: ruby is already the newest version. libapache2-mod-ruby is already the newest version. libxml-simple-perl is already the newest version. libcrypt-ssleay-perl is already the newest version. unzip is already the newest version. zip is already the newest version. quota is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. INFO - 2010-03-23 23:04:08 - /usr/bin/apt-get --config-file apt.conf.noninteractive -y --force-yes install postfix postfix-pcre webmin usermin ruby libapache2-mod-ruby libxml-simple-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl unzip zip quota: Succeeded. INFO - 2010-03-23 23:04:08 - Succeeded. INFO - 2010-03-23 23:04:08 - Installing Virtualmin and all related packages now using the command: INFO - 2010-03-23 23:04:08 - /usr/bin/apt-get --config-file apt.conf.noninteractive -y --force-yes install virtualmin-base Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information...

FATAL - Fatal Error Occurred: Installation failed: 0 FATAL - Cannot continue installation. FATAL - Attempting to remove virtualmin repository configuration, so the installation can be FATAL - re-attempted after any problems have been resolved. FATAL - Removing temporary directory and files. FATAL - If you are unsure of what went wrong, you may wish to review the log FATAL - in /root/virtualmin-install.log

Submitted by Berilac on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 07:47

As far as I can tell virtualmin-base wont install because it relies on webmin-virtual-server & webmin-virtual-server-theme and neither is available for install according to aptitude.

I dont know wether this helps?

I have managed to get Virtualmin 3.77GPL installed and then updated to PRO, in a very round about fashion. But it now states that it is installed on 2 systems, which is incorrect.

Have just tried Virtualmin package updates, and the server-theme is listed as available to install but fails when install actioned.

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualmin-base: virtualmin-base depends on webmin-virtual-server-theme; however: Package webmin-virtual-server-theme is not installed. dpkg: error processing virtualmin-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: virtualmin-base Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... Package webmin-virtual-server-theme is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package webmin-virtual-server-theme has no installation candidate

.. install failed!

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 12:30

Ok, looks like a bug with the repository rebuild script .. looking into it now.

Submitted by RickHolt on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 13:00

Both apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade work without a hitch.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 23:46

Could anyone who is seeing this please try again? It should be fixed now ..

Submitted by andreychek on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 23:47

I tested this and it seems to be working great. Thanks!

Submitted by Berilac on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 08:19

Carried out a fresh install this morning and yes can confirm all loaded ok.

Thanks guys

Submitted by Issues on Sat, 04/10/2010 - 01:21

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.