package trousers 0.3.14+fixed1-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: installed trousers package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Dmitriy Geels]

Here is piece of install log:
Setting up trousers (0.3.14+fixed1-1build1) ...
Job for trousers.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status trousers.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript trousers, action "start" failed.
● trousers.service - LSB: starts tcsd
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/trousers; generated)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-04-13 13:18:00 +07; 4ms ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 10997 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/trousers start (code=exited, status=30)

Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 trousers[10997]: * Starting Trusted Computing daemon tcsd
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 trousers[10997]: /etc/init.d/trousers: 32: [: /dev/tpm0: unexpected operator
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 trousers[10997]: * TPM device owner for /dev/tpmrm0 is not 'tss', this can cause problems.
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 tcsd[11006]: TCSD TDDL[11006]: TrouSerS ioctl: (25) Inappropriate ioctl for device
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 tcsd[11006]: TCSD TDDL[11006]: TrouSerS Falling back to Read/Write device support.
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 tcsd[11006]: TCSD TCS[11006]: TrouSerS ERROR: TCS GetCapability failed with result = 0x1e
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 trousers[10997]: ...fail!
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 systemd[1]: trousers.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=30
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 systemd[1]: trousers.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Apr 13 13:18:00 dmig-Inspiron-5379 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: starts tcsd.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: trousers 0.3.14+fixed1-1build1
Uname: Linux 4.16.2-041602-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 13 13:17:20 2018
ErrorMessage: installed trousers package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-27 (16 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180327)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1
 apt 1.6~beta1
SourcePackage: trousers
Title: package trousers 0.3.14+fixed1-1build1 failed to install/upgrade: installed trousers package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Dmitriy Geels (dmig)]

This fixes script error:
Apr 13 13:27:13 dmig-Inspiron-5379 trousers[18286]: /etc/init.d/trousers: 32: [: /dev/tpm0: unexpected operator

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

The attachment "fix-check.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

[Donal Hunt (donal-hunt)]

The patch does not work if you have more than one TPM device in your machine (I don't know if that is a common thing or not).

sudo systemctl restart trousers.service
Apr 13 13:39:45 CRK-CORP-69 trousers[22117]: Starting Trusted Computing daemon: tcsd/etc/init.d/trousers: 32: [: /dev/tpm0: unexpected operator

$ ls -al /dev/tpm*
crw------- 1 tss tss 10, 224 Apr 13 13:27 /dev/tpm0
crw------- 1 tss tss 253, 65536 Apr 9 10:01 /dev/tpmrm0

[Dmitriy Geels (dmig)]

Donal don't write such silly things. This patch is intended to fix that behavior.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Maxim Reznik (reznikmm)]

I have in the /etc/init.d/trousers this:

  [ ! -e /dev/tpm* ]

And it still gets errors like:
/etc/init.d/trousers: 32: [: /dev/tpm0: unexpected operator

Because there are two such files in /dev:

# ls /dev/tpm*
/dev/tpm0 /dev/tpmrm0

[kay (kay-diam)]

This should work:

  if [ ! -e /dev/tpm? ]

[fuomag (fuomag)]

Same issue as well on kubuntu 21.04, the fix proposed by @kay-diam did not work for me