package minidlna 1.0.21 dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[wakanabe]

Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: minidlna 1.0.21+dfsg-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-29.58-generic 2.6.32.28+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Oct 20 11:03:12 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
SourcePackage: minidlna
Title: package minidlna 1.0.21+dfsg-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-20 (0 days ago)

[Fabián Rodríguez (magicfab)]

This works as expected in Ubuntu precise.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Bernhard Bock (bernhard-bock)]

this workaround worked for me: uninstall minidlna, remove config file in /etc, remove cache directory in /var/cache, reinstall package.

[Florian W. (florian-will)]

It seems like the attached logs don't tell us why the post-install script returned an error.

This error might occur if you manually remove the "minidlna" user or "minidlna" group while having minidlna installed on your system.

There could be other problems that cause an exit status 2.

Since this bug is more than 3 years old, you probably can't reproduce this to figure out what's wrong. I'm marking this as "Incomplete". If anyone still has the same issue, I think you can run this to get more info about the error and post that as a comment:

sh -x /var/lib/dpkg/info/minidlna.postinst configure

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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