package libapache2-mod-auth-plain 2.0.52 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Rob Walker]

I was doing an upgrade to 13.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: libapache2-mod-auth-plain 2.0.52
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-56.86-generic 3.2.51
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-56-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 21 14:18:33 2013
Dependencies:
 gcc-4.8-base 4.8.2-1ubuntu2
 libc6 2.17-93ubuntu4
 libgcc1 1:4.8.2-1ubuntu2
 multiarch-support 2.17-93ubuntu4
DuplicateSignature: package:libapache2-mod-auth-plain:2.0.52:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
SourcePackage: libapache2-mod-auth-plain
Title: package libapache2-mod-auth-plain 2.0.52 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-11-22 (0 days ago)

[Yolanda Robla (yolanda.robla)]

Thanks for reporting this
Please can you check this thread, to see if that helps?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/365096/how-can-i-get-apache-ssl-to-work-in-13-10-after-upgrade