26 thoughts on “Ubuntu 12.04 64bit /sbin/insserv: No such file or directory

  1. Does not work, it only changes the error message:

    # chkconfig package on
    /sbin/insserv: Permission denied

    1. You have to use this command with sudo (to give administrator rights).
      I didn’t use ‘sudo’ because I was root at that server.

  2. This also helps if you have problems with updates as noted in
    Bug #1024658 (Can’t exec “insserv”: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/update-rc.d line 402)
    Just use a different directory for the symlink:
    sudo ln -s /usr/lib/insserv/insserv /usr/sbin/insserv

  3. I am getting error/warnings:
    chkconfig -s ssh on
    The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
    job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
    insserv: warning: script ‘console-setup’ missing LSB tags and overrides
    insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `console-setup’
    insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `console-setup’
    The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart
    job, but lsb-header is not supported for Upstart jobs.
    insserv: warning: script ‘screen-cleanup’ missing LSB tags and overrides
    insserv: Default-Start undefined, assuming empty start runlevel(s) for script `screen-cleanup’
    insserv: Default-Stop undefined, assuming empty stop runlevel(s) for script `screen-cleanup’
    The script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an Upstart

    1. Well, those are warnings because of missing LSB tags.
      You can ignore messages (chkconfig shows that service is on, doesn’t it?), or add tags by Yourself:
      http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts

      Actually, chkconfig is the way RHEL/CentOS family system adds startup scripts.
      The right way for Ubuntu is with update-rc.d.
      For example:
      update-rc.d ssh defaults

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