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

[Dana Carney III]

Description: Ubuntu 20.10
Release: 20.10
snort/groovy,now 2.9.15.1-2 amd64 [installed]

Symptom:
There were errors in the newly installed snort.conf that referenced /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
# path to dynamic preprocessor libraries
dynamicpreprocessor directory /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu//snort_dynamicpreprocessor/
CHANGE TO:
# path to dynamic preprocessor libraries
dynamicpreprocessor directory /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/snort_dynamicpreprocessor/

# path to base preprocessor engine
dynamicengine /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/snort_dynamicengine/libsf_engine.so
CHANGED TO:
dynamicengine /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/snort_dynamicengine/libsf_engine.so

and then run:
/usr/sbin/snort -T -c /etc/snort/snort.conf

Snort successfully validated the configuration!
Snort exiting
root@myhost:/etc/snort# dpkg-reconfigure snort
 * Stopping Network Intrusion Detection System snort [ OK ]
Snort configuration: interface default set, using enp5s0
WARNING: tempfile is deprecated; consider using mktemp instead.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: snort 2.9.15.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-54.60-lowlatency 5.4.65
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-54-lowlatency x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sat Nov 21 21:00:51 2020
ErrorMessage: installed snort package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-25 (180 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.6, python3-minimal, 3.8.6-0ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.18, python-is-python2, 2.7.17-4
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.20.5ubuntu2
 apt 2.1.10
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: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-11-22 (0 days ago)