package php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Reinaldo Antonio Camargo Rauch]

When the installer asked what to do with the diff between the files, I choose the option to open a new shell, but I didn't see that it opened on the window before and the window that asked for the diff seemed to be not working. I closed it forcelly and it broke the update on the php package

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 24 09:45:48 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:php5-cli:5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-30 (176 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
SourcePackage: php5
Title: package php5-cli 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-24 (0 days ago)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

It seemed that this is a result of forcing the window closed? That caused the diff question to fail, and so the installation failed.

Try "sudo dpkg --configure -a" and/or "sudo apt-get -f install" to fix, but if you need further help, then please ask through our community support options: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for php5 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]