package dolibarr (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Marc Rodrigues]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: dolibarr (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-41.57~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt11
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 25 17:17:50 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:dolibarr:(not installed):subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-06-15 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
SourcePackage: dolibarr
Title: package dolibarr (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[David Gilmore (dmgaust)]

Tried Installing uninstalling then reinstalling dolibarr of different stable versions
from 3.4 to 3.8.
Now at sudo dpkg -i dolibarr_3.8.3-3_all.deb which results in the following errors.
...
Selecting previously unselected package dolibarr.
(Reading database ... 1553008 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack dolibarr_3.8.3-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking dolibarr (3.8.3-3) ...
Setting up dolibarr (3.8.3-3) ...
Run the dolibarr config script
Ask for web server to setup
Run the dolibarr postinst script
First install
Enable php module mysqli with php5enmod
Enable apache module alias with a2enmod
Module alias already enabled
Enable link for Apache config file with a3enconf
Conf dolibarr already enabled
Enable lighttpd link for dolibarr config file
Ignoring unknown module: dolibarr
already enabled
Run /etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload to enable changes
dpkg: error processing package dolibarr (--install):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dolibarr
...

Told to do these commands:
lsb_release -a
 uname -a
 sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Which result in this:

cabtoo@cabtoo6:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-ia32:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-ia32:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
cabtoo@cabtoo6:~/Downloads$ uname -a
Linux cabtoo6-generic #121-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 20 10:50:59 UTC 2016 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
cabtoo@cabtoo6:~/Downloads$
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy InRelease
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise InRelease
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [64.4 kB]
Ign http://repo.vivaldi.com stable InRelease
Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.canonical.com precise Release
Hit http://repo.vivaldi.com stable Release.gpg
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com saucy Release
Hit...

[Laurent Destailleur (eldy)]

What about if you choose apache instead of lighttpd ?

[Laurent Destailleur (eldy)]

Seems duplicate of #1613465