package snort 2.9.15.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Michael Zarate]

1.)
Description: Ubuntu 20.10
Release: 20.10

2.)
snort:
  Installed: 2.9.15.1-2
  Candidate: 2.9.15.1-2
  Version table:
 *** 2.9.15.1-2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu groovy/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3.)
To install Snort.

4.)
Setting up snort (2.9.15.1-2) ...
Snort configuration: interface default not set, using 'eno1 tun0'
WARNING: tempfile is deprecated; consider using mktemp instead.
Job for snort.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status snort.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript snort, action "start" failed.
● snort.service - LSB: Lightweight network intrusion detection system
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/snort; generated)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2020-11-01 01:07:37 CDT; 4ms ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 38192 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/snort start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38222]: Detection:
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38222]: Search-Method = AC-Full-Q
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38222]: Split Any/Any group = enabled
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38222]: Search-Method-Optimizations = enabled
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38222]: Maximum pattern length = 20
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38222]: FATAL ERROR: /etc/snort/snort.conf(271) Could not stat dynamic module path "/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/snort_dynamicpreprocessor/": No such fil
e or directory.
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus snort[38192]: ...fail!
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus systemd[1]: snort.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus systemd[1]: snort.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Nov 01 01:07:37 aorus systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Lightweight network intrusion detection system.
dpkg: error processing package snort (--configure):
 installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: snort 2.9.15.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-26.27-generic 5.8.14
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-26-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun Nov 1 01:07:37 2020
ErrorMessage: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-30 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Release amd64 (20201022)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.6, python3-minimal, 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.20.5ubuntu2
 apt 2.1.11
SourcePackage: snort
Title: package snort 2.9.15.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)