package php5-curl 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Bhavesh Gadoya]

I was trying to install php5-xdebug on my ubuntu machine. but it was giving me following error.

dpkg: error processing php5-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libssl1.0.0:amd64
 man-db
 php5-gd
 php5-curl
 libssl-dev:amd64
 php5-cli
 libapache2-mod-php5
 php5-readline
 php5-mysql
 php5-dev

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: php5-curl 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 28 23:52:44 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:php5-curl:5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.5:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-01 (87 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: php5
Title: package php5-curl 5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Bhavesh Gadoya (businessonline190)]

doesnt get anything??

[Ondřej Surý (ondrej)]

You broke your system somehow, starting with:

Start-Date: 2014-06-08 13:08:10
Commandline: apt-get -f install
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
End-Date: 2014-06-08 13:08:11

This should not happen unless you have accidentally deleted couple of directories...

debconf: DbDriver "config": mkdir :No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I am reassigning this bug to debconf, that's as closest you can get to the error message in the logs.