This error occurred when installing OpenSSL server because the following error occurred during apt get software installation:
liyang@liyang-PC:~$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server Reading the package list... Done Analyzing the dependency tree of the package Reading status information... Done openssh-server is up to date (1:7.7p1-2). 0 packages upgraded, 0 new packages installed, 0 packages to uninstall, and 1 package not upgraded. 1 package has not been fully installed or uninstalled. Unpacking consumes 0 B of extra space. Do you wish to continue? [Y/n] Y Being set up openssh-server (1:7.7p1-2) ... Job for ssh.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status ssh.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript ssh, action "start" failed. ● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2020-03-23 18:19:35 CST; 10ms ago Process: 8046 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/sshd -D $SSHD_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 8034 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/sshd -t (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 8046 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) dpkg: Handle openssh-server (--configure) pack error: installed openssh-server package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 An error occurred during processing. openssh-server E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Solution:
1. The info folder is now renamed
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info /var/lib/dpkg/info.bk
2. Create a new info folder
sudo mkdir /var/lib/dpkg/info
3. Installation and repair
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -f
4. After performing the previous step, some files are generated in the info folder. Now move all these files to the info.bk folder
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/* /var/lib/dpkg/info.bk
5. Delete your new info folder
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dpkg/info
6. Restore the original info folder and modify the name
sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info.bk /var/lib/dpkg/info