having serious problem with havp

[AlexenderReez]

somehow when i want to install something else , havp (with is already in my system) prevent me do to so . . . so when i open base and check . . . this this error

Could not open lock testfile /var/run/havp/havp-OtCnka: No such file or directory


when i want to uninstall havp , it gives me same error

reez@reez-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove havp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
unzoo clamav-base libclamav1 libgmp3c2 havp
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
havp
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 11 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 811kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 161502 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing havp ...
Stopping havp: invoke-rc.d: initscript havp, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing havp (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting havp: Starting HAVP Version: 0.79
Could not open lock testfile /var/run/havp/havp-OtCnka: No such file or directory
Maybe you need to: chown havp /var/run/havp
Exiting..
Exiting..
invoke-rc.d: initscript havp, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
havp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


what should i do???

[orcalover]

I had the same problem. Try doing this:

First, create the directory /var/run/havp

sudo mkdir /var/run/havp

Then, do this:

sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp

Now, run autoremove (just to clean some things up).

sudo apt-get autoremove

Now, run the uninstall

sudo apt-get remove havp

And, I always like to do an autoremove after removing applications.

sudo apt-get autoremove

This should take care of the problem. To check that HAVP has in fact been removed, you can search for it using the Synaptic Package Manager ( System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager ).

Click on search, then search for havp. If the checkbox is clear, then havp has been removed.

Hope this helps.

Sean

[helliewm]

Having the same problems, unfortunately this did not work for me. Here is the output.

Any ideas??

helen@helen-desktop:~$ E: havp: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
bash: E:: command not found
helen@helen-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /var/run/havp
Password:
helen@helen-desktop:~$ sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp
bash: /etc/init.d/havp: Permission denied
helen@helen-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libgdchart-gd2-noxpm libnessus2
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libgdchart-gd2-noxpm libnessus2
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 426kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 217876 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libgdchart-gd2-noxpm ...
Removing libnessus2 ...
Setting up havp (0.79-1) ...
Starting havp: Starting HAVP Version: 0.79
Could not open lock testfile /var/run/havp/havp-Ypx6kX: Permission denied
Maybe you need to: chown havp /var/run/havp
Exiting..
Exiting..
invoke-rc.d: initscript havp, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing havp (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
havp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
helen@helen-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove havp
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
havp
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
havp
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 811kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 217860 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing havp ...
Stopping havp: invoke-rc.d: initscript havp, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing havp (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting havp: Starting HAVP Version: 0.79
Could not open lock testfile /var/run/havp/havp-iBAsD0: Permission denied
Maybe you need to: chown havp /var/run/havp
Exiting..
Exiting..
invoke-rc.d: initscript havp, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
havp
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
helen@helen-desktop:~$

Helen

[orionsbelt]

i was having the same problem removing havp. i followed the instructions listed above, but i did not run "sudo apt-get autoremove" (because i'm a newbie and i don't know what that means). i don't think that's what's relevant, though.

when you got to the step:
sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp

you had the error message:
helen@helen-desktop:~$ sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp
bash: /etc/init.d/havp: Permission denied

that's because you need to be in root to fix it. i was a bit worried about messing around in root, because sudo exists for a reason. basically, you can mess with things that you might not want to mess with. so after you're done, definitely close the terminal window and go back to sudo. (if i'm not describing this right, someone please correct me.)

to get to root, run:
~$ sudo su

then run:
sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp
sudo apt-get remove havp

hopefully, that will fix your problem. as was mentioned above, i would check in your synaptic package manager to make sure it has been removed (just make sure it's unchecked).

btw, i'm assuming you're having this problem because of clamav, the antivirus program. i was also having issues with it, which i'm cross-referencing here and here. also, the initial bug has been documented here.

if you want to remove ClamAV, then there are instructions here.

[xdarkxanarchyx]

This worked for me after doing "sudo su." Everything is working well now. Thank you!
(This was on a i386 running 6.10)

[jtx472]

Kudos to ORIONSBELT! I had the same problem with the havp error and I was online yesterday most of the day trying to find a fix. I was back and forth with a tech on Launchpad who gave me a couple of "fixes" that didn't work. He finally sent it in to the bug department and someone from there sent me a fix that I could not figure out (I'm a newbie too). And I searched the forums and tried several suggested fixes, including the first one suggested in this thread, but it didn't work either until I used yours. And that did the trick. So from one newbie to another...thanks much!

[Cazzj]

All hail Orionsbelt! Thank you Orinonsbelt. Your instructions fixed my pesky havp problem too.

Cheers....Cazzj

[kondax]

Thank you orcalover and orionsbelt very good job!!!

I just fixed this error with your help.....cheers!!!!

[quixotic-cynic]

Thank you so much for explaining that! (I was really screwed...)

I'm definitely going to be more careful what I install in future...

[RedSquirrel]

i was having the same problem removing havp. i followed the instructions listed above, but i did not run "sudo apt-get autoremove" (because i'm a newbie and i don't know what that means). i don't think that's what's relevant, though.

when you got to the step:
sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp

you had the error message:
helen@helen-desktop:~$ sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp
bash: /etc/init.d/havp: Permission denied

that's because you need to be in root to fix it. i was a bit worried about messing around in root, because sudo exists for a reason. basically, you can mess with things that you might not want to mess with. so after you're done, definitely close the terminal window and go back to sudo. (if i'm not describing this right, someone please correct me.)

You can avoid using 'sudo su' and just use sudo, but you have to use tee, like this:

echo "exit 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/init.d/havp

The following command does not work when you run as a regular user

sudo echo "exit 0" > /etc/init.d/havp

because the sudo applies to the 'echo' and then the redirect runs with your regular user's privilieges. Hence, you will not be able to write to '/etc/init.d/havp'.

See this document:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

It's very helpful.

Also look at the man page for tee:

man tee