In ubuntu 18, I am not able to install anything using apt package manager because of atop package.
root@dummyhost:~# systemctl status atopacct.service
● atopacct.service - Atop process accounting daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/atopacct.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Thu 2023-12-14 12:10:00 WIB; 49s ago
Docs: man:atopacctd(8)
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: Starting Atop process accounting daemon...
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 atopacctd[367437]: /run/pacct_shadow.d: File exists
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: atopacct.service: Can't open PID file /run/atopacctd.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: atopacct.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Atop process accounting daemon.
● atopacct.service - Atop process accounting daemon
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/atopacct.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: protocol) since Thu 2023-12-14 12:10:00 WIB; 49s ago
Docs: man:atopacctd(8)
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: Starting Atop process accounting daemon...
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 atopacctd[367437]: /run/pacct_shadow.d: File exists
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: atopacct.service: Can't open PID file /run/atopacctd.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: atopacct.service: Failed with result 'protocol'.
Dec 14 12:10:00 smartpesantren2 systemd[1]: Failed to start Atop process accounting daemon.
The systemctl status shows error that /run/atopacctd.pid is missing.
I executed "ln -s /run/atop.pid /run/atopacctd.pid" to create symlink of atopacctd.pid from atop.pid and then restarted the atopacct.service which fixed the problem.
But is this the proper way to solve this issue?
