Further investigation revealed that the libapache2-mod-php was not able to install php.load and php.conf into the apache2 available modules at /etc/apache2/mods-available. The assumption raised that it may due to the corruption of apache2.conf at /etc/apache2/apache2.conf Replacement of the file did not fixed the problem. Neither reinstallation of Apache2. Therefor, the last option was to purge the apache2, php and libapache2-mod-php. sudo apt-get remove --purge apache2, php, php7.0, php-common, libapache2-mod-php This action revealed that the following directories cannot be deleted by the system. It might be due to the corruption of the configuration files:
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf /etc/php/7.0/apache2/conf.d /etc/php/7.0/cli/conf.d Manully removing them and reinstalling the apache2, php, and libapache2 -mod-php solved the problem: sudo rm -r /etc/apache2 /etc/php sudo apt-get install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php After this action, the problem has been rectified. The two files php.conf and php.load are successfully installed in /etc/apache2/mods- available. This module is enabled automatically at /etc/apache2/mods- enabled -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1597315 Title: package libapache2-mod-php7.0 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php7.0/+bug/1597315/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
