package snort 2.9.7.0-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Hanish Sunkarapalli]

unable to configure snort on my ubuntu 16,04 LTS

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: snort 2.9.7.0-5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.4
AptOrdering:
 oracle-java8-installer: Install
 snort: Configure
 oracle-java8-installer: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 13 21:04:12 2017
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2017-08-13 21:01:47
 Commandline: apt-get -y install oracle-java8-installer
 Requested-By: user (1000)
 Upgrade: oracle-java8-installer:amd64 (8u131-1~webupd8~2, 8u144-1~webupd8~0)
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-15 (59 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.15ubuntu0.2
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.9.7.0-5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package snort - 2.9.15.1-2

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snort (2.9.15.1-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * debian/control:
     - Add libssl-dev as Build-Dep (Closes:#956812)
     - Update Standards version
     - Fix Git-VCS url
     - Make snort-doc Multi-Arch: foreign
  * debian/patches/documentation_debian: Document the use of /etc/default/snort

 -- Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <email address hidden> Sat, 18 Apr 2020 11:56:13 +0200