Ubuntu
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package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: package ntpdate is already installed and configured

Bug #1034360 reported by Åsmund Pedersen Hugo on 2012-08-08

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #541595: [Master] package failed to install/upgrade: package is already installed and configured. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	dpkg (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

error messages ALL THE time

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-generic 3.2.21
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Aug 8 10:01:07 2012
DuplicateSignature:
Unpacking replacement qdbus ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
dpkg: error processing cron (--configure):
package cron is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package ntpdate is already installed and configured
SourcePackage: dpkg
Title: package ntpdate 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: package ntpdate is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Åsmund Pedersen Hugo (aasmundpedersenhugo) wrote on 2012-08-08:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (390 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (78.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (90.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-08-08

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Raphaël Hertzog (hertzog) wrote on 2012-09-17:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 541595, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.