package espeakup 1:0.80-9 failed to install/upgrade: installed espeakup package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Tiago M. C.]

When trying to install the "espeakup" with "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install espeakup" gives error and does not conclude. It seems that the error is that the installer expects that the "speakup_soft" module is already loaded and when it is not (which is very common) the error occurs (there is no error loading the module before installation "sudo modprobe speakup_soft && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install espeakup"); the installation should not crash due to the lack of the "speakup_soft" module, it should only give an alert indicating that it would be interesting for the user to load the "speakup_soft" module.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: espeakup 1:0.80-9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 29 20:39:45 2018
ErrorMessage: installed espeakup package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-29 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.1
SourcePackage: espeakup
Title: package espeakup 1:0.80-9 failed to install/upgrade: installed espeakup package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. Looks like the issue has been fixed in newer versions/Ubuntu series
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeakup/1:0.80-11
It might be a candidate for LTS SRU though but probably low priority since it seems we didn't get much reports about the issue and it's probably not the most installed package by our users