package monit 1:5.8.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Dawson H]

apt-get install command quit during installation. Will not remove package now.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: monit 1:5.8.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-34.45-generic 3.16.7-ckt8
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.2
AptOrdering:
 monit: Install
 monitorix: Configure
 monit: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 25 18:28:40 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:monit:1:5.8.1-2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-26 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807.1)
SourcePackage: monit
Title: package monit 1:5.8.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2015-03-03 (22 days ago)

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Sergey B Kirpichev (skirpichev)]

You should fix you custom init scripts:

insserv: warning: script 'vncserver' missing LSB tags and overrides
insserv: There is a loop between service monit and vncserver if stopped
insserv: loop involving service vncserver at depth 2
insserv: loop involving service monit at depth 1
insserv: Stopping vncserver depends on monit and therefore on system facility `$all' which can not be true!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for monit (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]