package snort 2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[lee perry]

Hi. Tried to install Snort onto Lubuntu 14.04. It failed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: snort 2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-39.66-generic 3.13.11.8
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-39-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Dec 1 20:46:11 2014
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2014-12-01 20:45:46
 Commandline: apt-get install snort
 Install: oinkmaster:i386 (2.0-4, automatic), snort-common:i386 (2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1, automatic), snort:i386 (2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1), snort-common-libraries:i386 (2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1, automatic), libdumbnet1:i386 (1.12-4build1, automatic), snort-rules-default:i386 (2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1, automatic), libdaq2:i386 (2.0.2-0ubuntu2, automatic)
DuplicateSignature: package:snort:2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-20 (165 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140416.2)
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.9.6.0-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package snort - 2.9.15.1-2

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snort (2.9.15.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * debian/control:
     - Add libssl-dev as Build-Dep (Closes:#956812)
     - Update Standards version
     - Fix Git-VCS url
     - Make snort-doc Multi-Arch: foreign
  * debian/patches/documentation_debian: Document the use of /etc/default/snort

 -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <email address hidden> Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:56:13 +0200