OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
Grafana: 13.1.1 from 13.1.0
Error from upgrade:
1 package can be upgraded. Run ‘apt list --upgradable’ to see it.
Upgrading:
grafana
Summary:
Upgrading: 1, Installing: 0, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 0
Download size: 282 MB
Space needed: 1,286 kB / 1,801 GB available
Continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 https://apt.grafana.com stable/main arm64 grafana arm64 13.1.1 [282 MB]
Fetched 282 MB in 23s (12.0 MB/s)
Reading changelogs… Done
(Reading database … 162416 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack …/grafana_13.1.1_arm64.deb …
Unpacking grafana (13.1.1) over (13.1.0) …
Setting up grafana (13.1.1) …
mv: cannot overwrite ‘/var/lib/grafana/plugins-bundled’: Directory not empty
dpkg: error processing package grafana (–configure):
installed grafana package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
grafana
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Contents of directory from error:
i@raspberry05:~ $ ls -ltr /var/lib/grafana/plugins-bundled/
total 8
drwxrwxr-x 4 grafana grafana 4096 Jun 23 09:45 zipkin
drwxrwxr-x 3 grafana grafana 4096 Jun 23 09:45 elasticsearch
I made a backup of the ‘plugins-bundled’ directory, and then created a new empty ‘plugins-bundled’ directory. I ran apt upgrade again, and it worked. The ‘plugins-bundled’ directory that I created was no longer empty; it had the same file names in it.
The log shows the post-installation script failed after mv reported:
mv: cannot overwrite '/var/lib/grafana/plugins-bundled': Directory not empty
Since recreating an empty plugins-bundled directory allowed the upgrade to complete successfully, this doesn’t appear to be the intended upgrade behavior. I’d recommend filing a GitHub issue with the log and the workaround so the Grafana team can investigate.
They made the docker stacker containers. Why I’m still looking into. I could share work on this with you. Showing we are even trying to reconnect the server per my personal preference.
