[SOLVED] Unable to install mpd in Hardy

[sagara]

I have been unable to install mpd from the repositories in Hardy.

A simple

sudo apt-get install mpd

yields the following error:

Selecting previously deselected package libmikmod2.
(Reading database ... 120217 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libmikmod2 (from .../libmikmod2_3.1.11-a-6ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package mpd.
Unpacking mpd (from .../mpd_0.13.1-3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libmikmod2 (3.1.11-a-6ubuntu3) ...

Setting up mpd (0.13.1-3ubuntu1) ...
 * Starting Music Player Daemon mpd
problem opening log file "/var/log/mpd/mpd.log" (config line 11) for writing
                                                                                         [fail]
invoke-rc.d: initscript mpd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing mpd (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mpd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I tried to see what was in the file /var/log/mpd/mpd.log but the file does not exist.

If I try tu uninstall mpd using apt-get I have to delete the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/mpd.* otherwise the uninstall will fail claiming it can't stop the mpd daemon.

Any ideas what is wrong? Is there a bug in the package?

[jpkotta]

Sounds like a bug in the package. Try

sudo mkdir /var/log/mpd

and reinstall. Also, file a bug report.

[sagara]

Thanks for the tip jpkotta, but the directory does exist. I went ahead and created the log file myself, granted all permissions to it and it still did not work.

How are other installing this? from source or something?

[sagara]

Ok I figured this one out. Turns out some time back I had tried to manually compile mpd from source. It seems I still have some left overs to clean up from that install.

After creating the file /var/log/mpd/mpd.log and changing the permissions on /var/log/mpd/errors.log (created on the prior install) mpd installed succesfully.