On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 12:34:16PM +0200, Luciano Mannucci wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 19:41:29 +1000
> Ralph Ronnquist <rrq@???> wrote:
>
> > On chimaera I followed the intructions at
> > https://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu except for using
> > keyserver.ubuntu.com instead of the non-working
> > pool.sks-keyservers.net:80
> >
> > I did opt for:
> > deb http://linux.dell.com/repo/community/ubuntu jessie openmanage/840
> > (their latest software version for their latest debian version variant)
> >
> > and it all installs without hiccup. I have no idea if it works.
> Not any more. I guess it needs systemctl.
> If I try I get:
>
> [downloading and ok parts omitted for brevity}
> Preparing to unpack .../9-srvadmin-racdrsc_8.4.0-1_all.deb ...
> Unpacking srvadmin-racdrsc (8.4.0-1) ...
> Setting up srvadmin-hapi (9.2.0) ...
> dpkg: error processing package srvadmin-hapi (--configure):
> installed srvadmin-hapi package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> srvadmin-hapi
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Trying to uninstalls gives me:
>
> Removing srvadmin-hapi (9.2.0) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/srvadmin-hapi.prerm: 8: systemctl: not found
> dpkg: error processing package srvadmin-hapi (--remove):
> installed srvadmin-hapi package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127
> dpkg: too many errors, stopping
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> installed srvadmin-hapi package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> srvadmin-hapi
> Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Right. Yes I only installed the cli package.

But if it's only systemctl, then create an empty script file named
/bin/systemctl, and then install and uninstall will work, except for
actually starting and stopping the service(s). You'd do that by hand
as needed differently.

Ralph.

>
> Thanks anyway,
>

> Luciano.
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