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Installation fails on Debian

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    • Affects Version/s: 2.6.7
    • Component/s: Packaging
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      I just tried to install MongoDB from the downloads-distro.mongodb.org repo on a Debian 7.

      The process fails with the following output:

      Setting up mongodb-org-server (2.6.7) ...
      invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/mongod not found.
      dpkg: error processing mongodb-org-server (--configure):
       subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
      dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mongodb-org:
       mongodb-org depends on mongodb-org-server; however:
        Package mongodb-org-server is not configured yet.
      
      dpkg: error processing mongodb-org (--configure):
       dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
      Errors were encountered while processing:
       mongodb-org-server
       mongodb-org
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
      

      The init.d script links to a nonexistent file:
      lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 14 00:11 /etc/init.d/mongod -> /lib/init/upstart-job

            Assignee:
            ernie.hershey@mongodb.com Ernie Hershey (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            OliverSalzburg Oliver Salzburg [X]
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