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[Tero Karvinen <karvinen+launchpad@xxxxxx>]

Same problem, approx fails to install (and remove) on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Desktop amd64, approx 4.1-1build1.

After manually killing 'sudo apt-get install approx' and fixing with
'sudo dpkg --configure -a', approx refused to remove with apt. This
could be fixed by some more killing of installation processes.

Haithamoon: Your second installation attempt looks like you have the locking problem (side effect of the bug): 
"debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable". You might want to kill the rest of the dpkg processes, see below. 

$ sudo apt-get -y remove approx 
...
Removing approx ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing approx (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 approx

$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-all approx 
...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing approx (--remove):
 subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

$ ps waux|grep -i dpkg
root     15013  0.0  0.1  54036 11580 ?        S    11:45   0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/approx.postinst configure
[..]
$ sudo kill 15013

$ sudo apt-get -y remove approx 
...
Removing approx ...

And finally it was removed successfully.

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failed to install 
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/612296
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Status in “approx” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Binary package hint: approx

This happens with me with ubuntu 10.04 32bit as well as 64 bit also

sudo aptitude install approx

When i try to install this package using the previous command, it gives me the following :

******************************************************
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcurl3.
(Reading database ... 42477 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libcurl3 (from .../libcurl3_7.19.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package curl.
Unpacking curl (from .../curl_7.19.7-1ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libfile-copy-recursive-perl.
Unpacking libfile-copy-recursive-perl (from .../libfile-copy-recursive-perl_0.38-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package update-inetd.
Unpacking update-inetd (from .../update-inetd_4.35_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package openbsd-inetd.
Unpacking openbsd-inetd (from .../openbsd-inetd_0.20080125-4ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package approx.
Unpacking approx (from .../approx_4.1-1build1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead ...
Setting up libcurl3 (7.19.7-1ubuntu1) ...

Setting up curl (7.19.7-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libfile-copy-recursive-perl (0.38-1) ...
Setting up update-inetd (4.35) ...

Setting up openbsd-inetd (0.20080125-4ubuntu2) ...
 * Stopping internet superserver inetd                                                                                                [ OK ] 
 * Not starting internet superserver: no services enabled

Setting up approx (4.1-1build1) ...
*************************************************
it stops on the line " Setting up approx (4.1-1build1) ... " for ever till i terminate the installation process

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: approx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug  1 19:38:29 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: approx