package zoneminder 1.23.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255

[Pio Timbancaya]

Binary package hint: zoneminder

sysadmin@sysadmin:~$ sudo apt-get install zoneminder
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libarchive-zip-perl libconvert-binhex-perl libdate-manip-perl
  libdevice-serialport-perl libemail-date-format-perl libio-stringy-perl
  libmime-lite-perl libmime-perl libmime-tools-perl libmime-types-perl
  libphp-serialization-perl nullmailer
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libarchive-zip-perl libconvert-binhex-perl libdate-manip-perl
  libdevice-serialport-perl libemail-date-format-perl libio-stringy-perl
  libmime-lite-perl libmime-perl libmime-tools-perl libmime-types-perl
  libphp-serialization-perl nullmailer zoneminder
0 upgraded, 13 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1948kB of archives.
After this operation, 7762kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libarchive-zip-perl.
(Reading database ... 122295 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libarchive-zip-perl (from .../libarchive-zip-perl_1.18-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libconvert-binhex-perl.
Unpacking libconvert-binhex-perl (from .../libconvert-binhex-perl_1.119+pristine-3_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdate-manip-perl.
Unpacking libdate-manip-perl (from .../libdate-manip-perl_5.54-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libemail-date-format-perl.
Unpacking libemail-date-format-perl (from .../libemail-date-format-perl_1.002-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libio-stringy-perl.
Unpacking libio-stringy-perl (from .../libio-stringy-perl_2.110-4_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmime-lite-perl.
Unpacking libmime-lite-perl (from .../libmime-lite-perl_3.023-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmime-tools-perl.
Unpacking libmime-tools-perl (from .../libmime-tools-perl_5.427-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmime-perl.
Unpacking libmime-perl (from .../libmime-perl_5.427-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libmime-types-perl.
Unpacking libmime-types-perl (from .../libmime-types-perl_1.26-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libphp-serialization-perl.
Unpacking libphp-serialization-perl (from .../libphp-serialization-perl_0.29-1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libdevice-serialport-perl.
Unpacking libdevice-serialport-perl (from .../libdevice-serialport-perl_1.04-2_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package zoneminder.
Unpacking zoneminder (from .../zoneminder_1.23.3-3ubuntu1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package nullmailer.
Unpacking nullmailer (from .../nullmailer_1%3a1.04-1.1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Setting up libarchive-zip-perl (1.18-1) ...
Setting up libconvert-binhex-perl (1.119+pristine-3) ...
Setting up libdate-manip-perl (5.54-1) ...
Setting up libemail-date-format-perl (1.002-1) ...
Setting up libio-stringy-perl (2.110-4) ...

Setting up libmime-lite-perl (3.023-1) ...
Setting up libmime-tools-perl (5.427-2) ...
Setting up libmime-perl (5.427-2) ...
Setting up libmime-types-perl (1.26-1) ...
Setting up libphp-serialization-perl (0.29-1) ...
Setting up libdevice-serialport-perl (1.04-2) ...
Setting up zoneminder (1.23.3-3ubuntu1) ...
Starting ZoneMinder: DBI connect('database=zm;host=localhost','zmuser',...) failed: Unknown database 'zm' at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Config.pm line 89
Can't call method "prepare_cached" on an undefined value at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Config.pm line 91.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Config.pm line 100.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder.pm line 33.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder.pm line 33.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl line 45.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/zmpkg.pl line 45.
failure

invoke-rc.d: initscript zoneminder, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing zoneminder (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Setting up nullmailer (1:1.04-1.1) ...
 * Starting mail-transfer-agent: [ OK ]

Errors were encountered while processing:
 zoneminder
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: zoneminder 1.23.3-3ubuntu1
SourcePackage: zoneminder
Title: package zoneminder 1.23.3-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 255
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 362669, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.