package egroupware-core 1.6.001+dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Nikolaj Sheller]

Binary package hint: egroupware

I attempted to install package "egroupware-timesheet".
Apache, egroupware etc. was not installed prior to this, but was included by Synaptic as dependencies.

The installation failed with the error given in the summary.

Installation was attempted on a 64bit Karmic with all updates installed.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jan 18 15:22:30 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Package: egroupware-core 1.6.001+dfsg-2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-18.55-generic
SourcePackage: egroupware
Title: package egroupware-core 1.6.001+dfsg-2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-18-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:7213): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:7213): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (Do:9381): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0

[Nikolaj Sheller (nikolajsheller)]

Additional infomation from Synaptic panel:

Unpacking egroupware (from .../egroupware_1.6.001+dfsg-2_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up egroupware-core (1.6.001+dfsg-2) ...
Bad name after never' at -e line 13.
dpkg: error processing egroupware-core (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Nikolaj Sheller (nikolajsheller)]

Removing all egroupware packages (complete removal), but not apache, followed by re-installing "egroupware" allows the installation of the "egroupware" package, and dependencies, to complete.