package postfix (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Elaine Demakas]

detected automatically

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: postfix (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 postfix: Install
 postfix: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 25 19:59:37 2011
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Unpacking postfix (from .../postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb) ...
 debconf: DbDriver "_ENV_FALLBACK": could not open /work/t/debconf/postfix.dat
 dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/postfix_2.8.2-1ubuntu2.1_i386.deb (--unpack):
  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
SourcePackage: postfix
Title: package postfix (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Elaine Demakas (elainedemakas)]

thank you

[Serge Hallyn (serge-hallyn)]

Thanks for taking the time to submit this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Could you tell us exactly how you were installing postfix? Were you using 'apt-get install postfix'?

Could you do 'apport-collect 860629' to have your system provide some more information?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for postfix (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]