Installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127

[Abhijit Borade]

The package systemd started giving error after upgrade to 21.10 from 21.04.

Setting up systemd (248.3-1ubuntu8) ...
systemd-machine-id-setup: error while loading shared libraries: libsystemd-shared-247.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package systemd (--configure):
 installed systemd package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 systemd
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

When I tried to force reinstall systemd it gives following error.

Internal Error, No file name for systemd:amd64

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: systemd 248.3-1ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-20.20-generic 5.13.14
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu71
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Oct 27 12:00:49 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-21 (1070 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
Lsusb:
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
 Bus 001 Device 003: ID 27c6:55a4 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co.,Ltd. Goodix FingerPrint Device
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5415 IMC Networks Integrated Camera
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Lsusb-t:
 /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 10000M
 /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/12p, 480M
     |__ Port 8: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
     |__ Port 8: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
     |__ Port 9: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Vendor Specific Class, Driver=, 480M
MachineType: LENOVO 20RAS0D800
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13.0-20-generic root=UUID=b69e3e1e-fa29-46b4-8ec8-c6cee754774b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: systemd
SystemdDelta:
 [EXTENDED] /usr/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/rc-local.service.d/debian.conf
 [EXTENDED] /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-localed.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-localed.service.d/locale-gen.conf
 [EXTENDED] /usr/lib/systemd/system/user@.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/user@.service.d/timeout.conf

 3 overridden configuration files found.
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-10-19 (7 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 09/14/2020
dmi.bios.release: 1.14
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: R16ET28W (1.14 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 20RAS0D800
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: None
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.11
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrR16ET28W(1.14):bd09/14/2020:br1.14:efr1.11:svnLENOVO:pn20RAS0D800:pvrThinkPadE14:skuLENOVO_MT_20RA_BU_SMB_FM_ThinkPadE14:rvnLENOVO:rn20RAS0D800:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNone:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad E14
dmi.product.name: 20RAS0D800
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_20RA_BU_SMB_FM_ThinkPad E14
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad E14
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Uygar Demir Koç (uygardemirkoc)]

I am also affected by this error. I did this update yesterday. I can no longer use any package installation system. But I did something for this situation. I created symlink of 'lib/systemd/libsystem-shared-248.so' as 'libsystem-shared-247.so' so this error is fixed.
(
sudo ln -s /lib/systemd/libsystem-shared-248.so /lib/systemd/libsystemd-shared-247.so
sudo ln -s /lib/systemd/libsystem-shared-248.so /usr/lib/systemd/libsystemd-shared-247.so
)
But now when I run 'sudo dpkg --configure systemd' the error changed to:

Ayarlanıyor: systemd (248.3-1ubuntu8) ...
systemd-machine-id-setup: symbol lookup error: systemd-machine-id-setup: undefined symbol: log_assert_failed_unreachable_realm, version SD_SHARED
dpkg: systemd paketi işlenirken sorun yaşandı (--configure):
 systemd paketi post-installation betiği kuruldu alt süreci 127 hatalı çıkış kodu ile sona erdi
İşleme sırasında hatalarla karşılaşıldı:
 systemd

[anish (anishmuttreja)]

I can confirm the behavior in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1948904/comments/3

[Nick Rosbrook (enr0n)]

This version of systemd is no longer in any supported Ubuntu release.