looking for netatalk install procedure

[Noah]

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NoOp wrote:
> On 04/20/2009 06:01 PM,  wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I found a few Procedures via google to get netatalk installed but the I 
>> am getting "invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed." 
>> errors.
>>
>>
>> :~/src/netatalk$ sudo apt-get -f install
>> Reading package lists... Done
>> Building dependency tree
>> Reading state information... Done
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>> 1 not fully installed or removed.
>> After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
>> Setting up netatalk (2.0.3-9) ...
>> Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): atalkd is already 
>> running (pid = 5834), or the lock file is stale.
>> invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed.
>> dpkg: error processing netatalk (--configure):
>>   subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>   netatalk
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
> 
> It's in the universe repositories:
> 
> sudo apt-get install netatalk
> 
> Note: I've noticed in some of your other posts that you are -f in your
> install commands:
> 
> man apt-get
> 
> <quote>
> -f, --fix-broken
>            Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
> place.
>            This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages
>            to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. Any Package that are
>            specified must completely correct the problem. The option is
>            sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time; APT
> itself
>            does not allow broken package dependencies to exist on a
> system. It
>            is possible that a system´s dependency structure can be so
> corrupt
>            as to require manual intervention (which usually means using
>            dselect(8) or dpkg --remove to eliminate some of the offending
>            packages). Use of this option together with -m may produce an
> error
>            in some situations. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Fix-Broken.
> </quote>
> 
> Generally if the package is available in a repository, then simply
> 'apt-get install <packagename> will suffice.
> 
> Use a '-s' option to simulate prior to the install to see:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get -s install netatalk
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Suggested packages:
>   quota timeout
> Recommended packages:
>   db4.2-util rc
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   netatalk
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Inst netatalk (2.0.3-9 Ubuntu:8.04/hardy)
> Conf netatalk (2.0.3-9 Ubuntu:8.04/hardy)
> 
> 
> 

Hi there,

so I put the simulate mode on and received the following response.  not 
much to go by.

@:~$ sudo apt-get -s install netatalk
[sudo] password for :
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
netatalk is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Conf netatalk (2.0.3-9 Ubuntu:8.04/hardy)
@:~$ sudo apt-get install netatalk
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
netatalk is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up netatalk (2.0.3-9) ...
Starting Netatalk services (this will take a while): atalkd is already 
running (pid = 5834), or the lock file is stale.
invoke-rc.d: initscript netatalk, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing netatalk (--configure):
  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
  netatalk
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
@:~$