package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Joshua Egan]

I'm trying to get LAMP running, and ran into this error. It says that my /usr/share/php5/php.ini-production file is missing. I don't have a php5 folder in /usr/share, so I'm not sure where the install went wrong.

Thanks,
Josh

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic-pae 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15.1
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jan 8 09:15:14 2013
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: php5
Title: package libapache2-mod-php5 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Thanks for reporting this bug. The missing file belongs to php5-common package, which is properly depended upon by libapache2-mod-php5. It would appear to have been manually deleted. You can cause it to be reinstalled by doing:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall php5-common

After this, you can do

sudo apt-get install -f

to complete the failed installation of libapache2-mod-php5. Please let us know if this does not solve your problem.