package tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Arshad Khan]

I want to install tomcat but every time it failed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-51-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 6 15:09:10 2017
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-11 (69 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: tomcat8
Title: package tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

Job for tomcat8.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status tomcat8.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat8, action "start" failed.
● tomcat8.service - LSB: Start Tomcat.
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/tomcat8; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2017-05-06 15:09:10 IST; 17ms ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 7689 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/tomcat8 start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

May 06 15:09:05 arshads-computer systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start Tomcat....
May 06 15:09:05 arshads-computer tomcat8[7689]: * Starting Tomcat servlet e...8
May 06 15:09:10 arshads-computer tomcat8[7689]: ...fail!
May 06 15:09:10 arshads-computer systemd[1]: tomcat8.service: Control proces...1
May 06 15:09:10 arshads-computer systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start Tomcat..
May 06 15:09:10 arshads-computer systemd[1]: tomcat8.service: Unit entered f....
May 06 15:09:10 arshads-computer systemd[1]: tomcat8.service: Failed with re....
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for taking the time to file a bug report.

From the log it appears that the output was ellipsed. Can you run systemctl status tomcat8.service with the -l option to get the full output?

Since there is not enough information in your report to begin triage or to
differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I
am marking this bug as "Incomplete". We would be grateful if you would:
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".

For local configuration issues, you can find assistance here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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