package usrmerge 24ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed usrmerge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Hari Menon]

Received this error while doing an upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 21.04 on Windows WSL

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
Package: usrmerge 24ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Microsoft 4.4.0-19041.488-Microsoft 4.4.35
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Tue Aug 31 22:21:44 2021
Dmesg: [ 0.017206] Microsoft 4.4.0-19041.488-Microsoft 4.4.35
ErrorMessage: installed usrmerge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.9, Python 3.9.5, python3-minimal, 3.9.4-1
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs:
 libssl1.1
 libc6
 libssl1.1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.20.9ubuntu1
 apt 2.2.4ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: usrmerge
Title: package usrmerge 24ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: installed usrmerge package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to hirsute on 2021-09-01 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Serenity (anones-3-0)]

removing the duplicate files from the lib directory fixed this for me

[Ciprian Tomoiaga (cipri.tom)]

@anones-3-0 @Serenity how did you remove just the right ones? I tried to make a script, and ended up deleting too much, so my system wasn't usable anymore :)