package openvswitch-ipsec (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Arma1975]

Description: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark (development branch)
Release: 17.10
~$ apt-cache policy pkgname
N: Unable to locate package pkgname

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: openvswitch-ipsec (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-20.22-generic 4.10.8
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-20-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.5-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed May 31 15:28:12 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.23ubuntu7
 apt 1.4.6
SourcePackage: openvswitch
Title: package openvswitch-ipsec (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[James Page (james-page)]

openvswitch-ipsec was removed from the openvswitch package as of 2.7.0-0ubuntu1; I think you have an older version hanging around which now does not work as the required binaries for its maintainer scripts are not installed.

[James Page (james-page)]

Please remove this package:

   sudo apt purge openvswitch-ipsec