package apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1748827 reported by Adam Zohir
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apache2 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

after installing lamp using: <pre><font color="#4E9A06"><b>blidbox@root</b></font>:<font color="#3465A4"><b>~</b></font>$ sudo tasksel install lamp-server</pre>.
Iget this error!!

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
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: 2.20.8-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 12 14:48:30 2018
ErrorMessage: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-02-11 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180210)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.4, python3-minimal, 3.6.4-1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1
 apt 1.6~alpha7ubuntu1
SourcePackage: apache2
Title: package apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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.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.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.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_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_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]

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Adam Zohir (zohir) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack) wrote :

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

Your Apache installation seems pretty broken:
ls: cannot access '/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/mpm_*.load': No such file or directory
error: mpm prefork not found in 'apache2_switch_mpm prefork' for package libapache2-mod-php7.1
info: Executing deferred 'a2enmod php7.1' for package libapache2-mod-php7.1
ERROR: Module php7.1 does not exist!
dpkg: error processing package apache2 (--configure):
 installed apache2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Not only that, one can see in the data provided in the bug description that a lot of config files in /etc/apache2/ are missing.

I suggest you reinstall the apache2 packages.

In the meantime, I'll mark this bug as invalid. The software cannot work without critical components, and the configuration file structure in /etc/apache2 needs to be there.

Changed in apache2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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