Public bug reported:

:~$ sudo apt-get install xymon-client
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  xymon-plugins hobbit-plugins
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  xymon-client
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/184 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,043 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously unselected package xymon-client.
(Reading database ... 65358 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xymon-client_4.3.7-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xymon-client (4.3.7-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Setting up xymon-client (4.3.7-1ubuntu2) ...
Adding group `xymon' (GID 118) ...
Done.
Adding system user `xymon' (UID 109) ...
Adding new user `xymon' (UID 109) with group `xymon' ...
Not creating home directory `/var/lib/xymon'.
find: `/etc/hobbit': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package xymon-client (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xymon-client
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
user@hostname:~$ sudo dpkg --configure xymon-client
Setting up xymon-client (4.3.7-1ubuntu2) ...
find: `/etc/hobbit': No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package xymon-client (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 xymon-client


I have tried purging the install and re-installing only to attain the same 
errors.
~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release:        14.04
Codename:       trusty

~$ apt-cache policy xymon-client
xymon-client:
  Installed: 4.3.7-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 4.3.7-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 4.3.7-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com:80/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

** Affects: xymon (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  unable to instally xymon-client package fails: find: `/etc/hobbit': No
  such file or directory

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