package keyboard-configuration 1.178ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed keyboard-configuration package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Lucrian Valas]

This was caused during an upgrade to ubuntu 18.04 from 17.10.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: keyboard-configuration 1.178ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-41.46-generic 4.13.16
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-41-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu May 10 21:00:12 2018
ErrorMessage: installed keyboard-configuration package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-12-13 (513 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
Keyboard:
 XKBLAYOUT="querty"
 BACKSPACE="guess"
 XKBMODEL="pc105"
 XKBVARIANT=""
 XKBOPTIONS=""
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.1
SourcePackage: console-setup
Title: package keyboard-configuration 1.178ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed keyboard-configuration package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-10 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[allaf (alex-svetos)]

Please fix this bug.
It ruined my last ubuntu upgrade completely and now it broke my previously stable install out of nowhere after a simple apt-get upgrade.

I will have to stop using ubuntu otherwise, it would be a shame just for that.

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Affects me.

https://pastebin.com/UrGK6C9W

[keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer)]

Work around:

Deprecate Ubuntu