Issue Can not remove telnetd

[straddi]

Server operating system version

debian 9.13

Plesk version and microupdate number

18.0.44

Hello,
dpkg --audit gives me the following message:

The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retrieved using
dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
telnetd basic telnet server

Trying dpkg --configure telnetd
gives the error message
Setting up telnetd (0.17-41) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: 8: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: update-inetd: not found
dpkg: error processing package telnetd (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
telnetd

Since I really only want to uninstall telnetd, I tried the following
apt-get --force-yes remove telnetd
that ends with

The following packages will be REMOVED:
telnetd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 105 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]y
(Reading database ... 123317 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing telnetd (0.17-41) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.prerm: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.prerm: update-inetd: not found
dpkg: error processing package telnetd (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: 41: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: update-inetd: not found
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
telnetd

How can I uninstall the application?

Thank you
Straddi

 

[IgorG]

Issue - Unable to update Plesk 18.0.34 to 18.0.xx

Hi, since version 18.0.34, I can't update Plesk anymore, here is a part of the log : Setting up telnetd (0.17-41) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: line 8: update-inetd: command not found dpkg: error processing package telnetd (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation...

talk.plesk.com

 

[straddi]

I try sudo apt-get remove telnetd

that ends with the same problem.

The following packages will be REMOVED:
telnetd
The following held packages will be changed:
telnetd
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 105 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 123317 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing telnetd (0.17-41) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.prerm: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.prerm: update-inetd: not found
dpkg: error processing package telnetd (--remove):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: 41: /var/lib/dpkg/info/telnetd.postinst: update-inetd: not found
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
telnetd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

 

[IgorG]

It is not Plesk related issue but Linux administrative task.
Anyway: what to do when Buster's apt won't purge?

 

[straddi]

Vielen Dank für die Hilfe.