package transmission-daemon 2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: new transmission-daemon package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 8

[Donghwi Kim]

Umm.. this occured while I am uplgrading my 14.04 Ubuntu to 16.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: transmission-daemon 2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-77.99~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-77-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 21 21:27:37 2019
DuplicateSignature: package:transmission-daemon:2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2:new transmission-daemon package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 8
ErrorMessage: new transmission-daemon package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 8
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-05-04 (1509 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
 apt 1.6.11
SourcePackage: transmission
Title: package transmission-daemon 2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: new transmission-daemon package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 8
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2019-06-21 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.transmission-daemon.settings.json: 2019-06-21T21:27:38.245541