Can't install bitcoind in upgraded system due package conflicts
I was previously using Ubuntu 10.04 and I tried to install bitcoind. This failed and I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. When I run bitcoind it still doesn't work:
$ bitcoind
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EXCEPTION: 11DbException
Db::open: Invalid argument
bitcoin in AppInit()
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'DbException' what(): Db::open: Invalid argument
Aborted (core dumped)Also, trying to re-install does not work:
$ sudo apt-get install bitcoind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed: bitcoind
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 981 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,873 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 precise/main bitcoind amd64 0.8.5-precise1 [981 kB]
Fetched 981 kB in 7s (130 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 222704 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bitcoind (from .../bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bitcoind', which is also in package bitcoin 0.3.24-ppa2~lucid
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)How can I get bitcoind working? I don't mind un-installing and re-installing if that is what it takes.
update 1
I just tried removing the package and installing again, but still no luck:
$ sudo apt-get remove --purge bitcoind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package bitcoind is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
$ sudo apt-get install bitcoind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed: bitcoind
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 981 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,873 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 precise/main bitcoind amd64 0.8.5-precise1 [981 kB]
Fetched 981 kB in 7s (136 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 222704 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bitcoind (from .../bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/bitcoind', which is also in package bitcoin 0.3.24-ppa2~lucid
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)3 Answers
Try this, and see if it installs. First install pre-requisites needed to run bitcoind.
Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:
sudo apt-get purge bitcoind
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoindand then everything is OK.
1The bitcoin package is still there! Installed!
The complete set of commands is:
sudo apt-get purge bitcoin*
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bitcoindThe problem is that you still have a package called bitcoin which hasn't been uninstalled. Once you do this, your installation should be fine.
This should be reported as bug to the packages managers
in the end this was the solution:
sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/bitcoind_0.8.5-precise1_amd64.deb
