package zoneminder 1.25.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Randy Schnedler]

I upgraded to 12.04 with "apt-get dist-upgrade", and I got this zoneminder error during the upgrade process as well as every time I log on now. I don't know why it failed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: zoneminder 1.25.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 6 22:20:48 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: zoneminder
Title: package zoneminder 1.25.0-1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-07-07 (0 days ago)

[RajaSekharReddy Genupula (genupulas)]

type this in your terminal one by one

sudo -i
apt-get autoremove
apt-get autoclean
apt-get dist-upgrade

[Randy Schnedler (schnedlr)]

Thank you for the very fast and helpful response, Raja. That worked perfectly. Now when I restart, everything comes up cleanly.

[Aditya V (kroq-gar78)]

Hmmm... could this be the solution to bug 940632? I've marked all bugs with this same error as duplicates of it, so I'll mark this one as so, too. If you can, please post this solution there, also.