apt-get upgrade fails after installing (and trying to remove) docker-ce

[gravityFlower]

Windows version used:
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

problem:

after installing docker-ce i am unable to upgrade.

The hint given to me by the console to remove it first was tried but returned also with an error.

$ apt-get remove docker-ce
[...]
dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Paketes docker-ce (--remove):
Paket ist in einem sehr schlechten inkonsistenten Zustand - Sie sollten
es erneut installieren, bevor Sie es zu entfernen versuchen.
Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
docker-ce
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

After getting this error i tried to reinstall it as suggested, but was still not able to remove it.

Now it seems to be not possible to upgrade

#apt-get upgrade
[...]
libgcrypt20:amd64 (1.6.5-2ubuntu0.3) wird eingerichtet ...
Trigger für libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) werden verarbeitet ...1
(Lese Datenbank ... 40043 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../docker-ce_17.06.0ce-0ubuntu_amd64.deb ...
invoke-rc.d: could not determine current runlevel

• Stopping Docker: docker
  No process in pidfile '/var/run/docker-ssd.pid' found running; none killed.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: Warnung: Unterprozess altes pre-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
  dpkg: stattdessen wird Skript aus dem neuen Paket probiert ...
  invoke-rc.d: could not determine current runlevel
• Stopping Docker: docker
  No process in pidfile '/var/run/docker-ssd.pid' found running; none killed.
  invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "stop" failed.
  dpkg: Fehler beim Bearbeiten des Archivs /var/cache/apt/archives/docker-ce_17.06.0~ce-0~ubuntu_amd64.deb (--unpack):
  Unterprozess neues pre-removal-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
  dpkg: Fehler beim Aufräumen:
  Unterprozess installiertes post-installation-Skript gab den Fehlerwert 1 zurück
  Fehler traten auf beim Bearbeiten von:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/docker-ce_17.06.0ce-0ubuntu_amd64.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[AntonOks]

• sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/docker-ce.prerm
• sudo apt-get remove docker-ce

[didyhu]

The reason may be in the log:

Stopping Docker: docker
No process in pidfile '/var/run/docker-ssd.pid' found running; none killed.
invoke-rc.d: initscript docker, action "stop" failed.

And this broke the whole installation.

Try:
backup and empty the contents of file: /etc/init.d/docker,
then,
#sudo apt remove docker.io

[jstachowiak]

docker-ce package pre-removal script does not handle gracefully stopping docker deamon if one is not running. As a temporary solution, you can comment out the following lines in /var/lib/dpkg/info/docker-ce.prerm and then try again.

if ([ -x "/etc/init.d/docker" ] || [ -e "/etc/init/docker.conf" ]) && \
   [ "$1" = remove ]; then
        invoke-rc.d docker stop || exit $?
fi

P.S. The same steps apply when removing docker.io.

[therealkenc]

docker-ce package pre-removal script does not handle gracefully stopping docker deamon

Thank-you for tracking down the fail. The error is from userspace and not WSL actionable. Running docker inside WSL2 is possible and won't result in getting backed into an apt package corner. On WSL1 docker is de-facto unsupported.