Installing UIM robot and receiving "initctl: command not found"

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

Robot failed to install on Ubuntu 20.x server.  When running the installation, the following lines are observed before the installation fails:

Stopping nimbus with sudo initctl stop nimbus...
sudo: initctl: command not found

 

Environment

Component : UIM - ROBOT

Cause

The linux "upstart" package is not installed.  The robot installation package requires this package to complete the installation.

Resolution

Running the following command should install the Upstart package:

sudo apt-get install upstart

After doing so, rerun the UIM robot installation.

Additional Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart