This happened for a few reasons:
1) You didn't purge the package and as expected, this leaves files behind.
2) You installed something from source into the normal directory structure and
as expected, you end up with conflicts.
3) Source package installs don't normally have uninstall options. This is
normal.
Solutions:
1) Just start from scratch. I get the feeling that this isn't any sort of
production machine anyway.
2) Search the entire file system for anything nginx related that you or apt
installed and remove it. Then purge the installed nginx packages. You should
then be in a state where installing nginx from source will work fine.
3) Learn to install source packages and use apt properly.
Next time you break something and it's not a bug, use the Answers
section instead.
** Changed in: nginx (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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package nginx-light 1.1.19-1ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
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