package clamav-getfiles 0.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[TheRedFox]

Binary package hint: clamav-getfiles

I was trying to install clam-getfiles and it returned this. I am using Ubuntu 8.04

chris@chris-desktop:/$ sudo apt-get install clamav-getfiles
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  clamav-testfiles debhelper fakeroot gettext html2text intltool-debian m4
  perl-suid po-debconf
Suggested packages:
  dh-make cvs gettext-doc
Recommended packages:
  libmail-sendmail-perl libmail-box-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  clamav-getfiles clamav-testfiles debhelper fakeroot gettext html2text
  intltool-debian m4 perl-suid po-debconf
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 3293kB/3406kB of archives.
After this operation, 11.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Media change: please insert the disc labeled
 'Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 (20080423)'
in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter

Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main html2text 1.3.2a-3build2 [87.6kB]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main gettext 0.17-2ubuntu1 [1978kB]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main intltool-debian 0.35.0+20060710.1 [31.6kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main po-debconf 1.0.10 [232kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main debhelper 6.0.4ubuntu1 [516kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main m4 1.4.10-1 [207kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe clamav-testfiles 0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1ubuntu0.2 [180kB]
Get:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main perl-suid 5.8.8-12 [31.7kB]
Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe clamav-getfiles 0.7-2 [29.6kB]
Fetched 3293kB in 1min29s (36.8kB/s)
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package html2text.
(Reading database ... 205181 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking html2text (from .../html2text_1.3.2a-3build2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package gettext.
Unpacking gettext (from .../gettext_0.17-2ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package intltool-debian.
Unpacking intltool-debian (from .../intltool-debian_0.35.0+20060710.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package po-debconf.
Unpacking po-debconf (from .../po-debconf_1.0.10_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package debhelper.
Unpacking debhelper (from .../debhelper_6.0.4ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package fakeroot.
Unpacking fakeroot (from .../fakeroot_1.9ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package m4.
Unpacking m4 (from .../archives/m4_1.4.10-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package clamav-testfiles.
Unpacking clamav-testfiles (from .../clamav-testfiles_0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1ubuntu0.2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package perl-suid.
Unpacking perl-suid (from .../perl-suid_5.8.8-12_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package clamav-getfiles.
Unpacking clamav-getfiles (from .../clamav-getfiles_0.7-2_all.deb) ...
Setting up html2text (1.3.2a-3build2) ...

Setting up gettext (0.17-2ubuntu1) ...

Setting up intltool-debian (0.35.0+20060710.1) ...
Setting up po-debconf (1.0.10) ...

Setting up debhelper (6.0.4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up fakeroot (1.9ubuntu1) ...

Setting up m4 (1.4.10-1) ...

Setting up clamav-testfiles (0.92.1~dfsg2-1.1ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up perl-suid (5.8.8-12) ...
Setting up clamav-getfiles (0.7-2) ...
eicar.com md5sum mismatch, file needs downloading
curl --remote-name http://www.eicar.org/download/eicar.com
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
                                 Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
cp: cannot stat `eicar.com': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing clamav-getfiles (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 clamav-getfiles
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 28 13:39:30 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: clamav-getfiles 0.7-2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: clamav-getfiles
Title: package clamav-getfiles 0.7-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-21-generic i686

[Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 793087, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.