package php5-cli (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

[Katja Durrani]

Ubuntu 14.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: php5-cli (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-48.80-generic 3.13.11-ckt16
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
AptOrdering:
 php5-cli: Install
 php5-readline: Install
 php5-cli: Configure
 php5-readline: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 1 12:53:07 2015
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2015-04-01 12:53:03
 Commandline: apt-get install php5-cli
 Install: php5-readline:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7, automatic), php5-cli:amd64 (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7)
DuplicateSignature: package:php5-cli:(not installed):subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
SourcePackage: php5
Title: package php5-cli (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

From log:

Setting up php5-cli (5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/php5 to provide /usr/bin/php (php) in auto mode
Replacing config file /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini with new version
ucfr: Attempt from package php5-cli to take /etc/php5/cli/php.ini away from package php5-fpm
ucfr: Aborting.
dpkg: error processing package php5-cli (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 4

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for php5 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]