Hamachi failing to install/start on debian 8 server

i am trying to set up a headless minecraft server using debian. So far everything is working save for hamachi (portforwarding is coming later). I installed the .deb file from https://secure.logmein.com/labs and i get this on install: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/lsb/remove_initd", line 46, in headers = initdutils.scan_initfile(initfile) File "/usr/lib/lsb/initdutils.py", line 79, in scan_initfile inheaders = RFC822Parser(strob=headerlines) File "/usr/lib/lsb/initdutils.py", line 24, in __init__ fileob = StringIO(strob) TypeError: initial_value must be unicode or None, not str however the install completes "successfully". If i type hamachi i get no feedback for 20s, then Hamachi does not seem to be running. Run '/etc/init.d/logmein-hamachi start' to start daemon. starting the service reports no errors, but the above happens again. hamachi --help reports proper output, but any hamachi [command] does not work Having a look at syslog i see: Nov 19 11:53:03 Server avahi-daemon: Registering new address record for 25.29.60.87 on ham0.IPv4. Nov 19 11:53:03 Server avahi-daemon: Withdrawing address record for 25.29.60.87 on ham0. Nov 19 11:53:03 Server avahi-daemon: Withdrawing workstation service for ham0. Nov 19 11:53:03 Server avahi-daemon: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface ham0.IPv4 with address 25.29.60.87. Nov 19 11:53:03 Server avahi-daemon: IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP failed: No such device Last thing: when i first installed it, hamachi returned something like the expected output. I am vague since this was over 2000 lines of shell ago. Any help will be appreciated