package apache2 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1.

[Ivan Parhamovic]

It is happened when I install apache. Maybe because I install nginx before.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apache2 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-53.60~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-53-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
Apache2ConfdDirListing: False
Apache2Modules:
 Error: command ['/usr/sbin/apachectl', '-D DUMP_MODULES'] failed with exit code 1: apache2: Could not open configuration file /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: No such file or directory
 Action '-D DUMP_MODULES' failed.
 The Apache error log may have more information.
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.18
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun May 30 17:58:40 2021
ErrorMessage: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-05-10 (20 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210209.1)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.5
SourcePackage: apache2
Title: package apache2 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
error.log:

modified.conffile..etc.apache2.apache2.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.conf-available.charset.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.conf-available.localized-error-pages.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.conf-available.other-vhosts-access-log.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.conf-available.security.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.conf-available.serve-cgi-bin.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.envvars: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.magic: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.access_compat.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.actions.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.actions.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.alias.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.alias.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.allowmethods.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.asis.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.auth_basic.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.auth_digest.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.auth_form.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authn_anon.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authn_core.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authn_dbd.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authn_dbm.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authn_file.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authn_socache.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authnz_fcgi.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authnz_ldap.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_core.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_dbd.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_dbm.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_groupfile.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_host.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_owner.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.authz_user.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.autoindex.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.autoindex.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.brotli.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.buffer.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cache.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cache_disk.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cache_disk.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cache_socache.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cern_meta.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cgi.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cgid.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.cgid.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.charset_lite.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.data.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dav.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dav_fs.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dav_fs.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dav_lock.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dbd.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.deflate.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.deflate.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dialup.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dir.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dir.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.dump_io.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.echo.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.env.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.expires.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ext_filter.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.file_cache.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.filter.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.headers.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.heartbeat.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.heartmonitor.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.http2.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.http2.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ident.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.imagemap.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.include.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.info.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.info.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.lbmethod_bybusyness.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.lbmethod_byrequests.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.lbmethod_bytraffic.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.lbmethod_heartbeat.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ldap.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ldap.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.log_debug.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.log_forensic.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.lua.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.macro.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.md.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mime.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mime.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mime_magic.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mime_magic.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mpm_event.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mpm_event.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mpm_prefork.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mpm_prefork.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mpm_worker.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.mpm_worker.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.negotiation.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.negotiation.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_ajp.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_balancer.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_balancer.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_connect.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_express.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_fcgi.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_fdpass.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_ftp.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_ftp.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_hcheck.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_html.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_html.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_http.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_http2.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_scgi.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_uwsgi.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.proxy_wstunnel.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ratelimit.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.reflector.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.remoteip.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.reqtimeout.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.reqtimeout.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.request.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.rewrite.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.sed.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.session.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.session_cookie.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.session_crypto.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.session_dbd.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.setenvif.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.setenvif.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.slotmem_plain.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.slotmem_shm.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.socache_dbm.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.socache_memcache.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.socache_redis.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.socache_shmcb.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.speling.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ssl.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.ssl.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.status.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.status.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.substitute.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.suexec.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.unique_id.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.userdir.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.userdir.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.usertrack.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.vhost_alias.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.mods-available.xml2enc.load: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.ports.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.sites-available.000-default.conf: [deleted]
modified.conffile..etc.apache2.sites-available.default-ssl.conf: [deleted]

[Utkarsh Gupta (utkarsh)]

Hello,

Thanks for taking out the time to file the bug and help make Ubuntu server better.

This looks like a local configuration issue rather than a bug in the package. Probably removing and reinstalling libapache2-mod-php7.4 should fix the problem.

sudo apt purge libapache2-mod-php7.4 & sudo apt install sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php.

Since this is a local config issue, I am marking this as invalid. But should you feel this is really a bug, please set the status to "New" and let us know why and we can take a look at this again. Thank you!