In my case this bug happened after upgrading from 17.10. Have an LVM partition on a secondary HDD that would no longer mount, and while trying to fix fstab started to get the error.
yevhen.b's fix of purge and re-install seemed to work for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to lvm2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1746582 Title: package lvm2 2.02.176-4.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Status in lvm2 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I *think* this was from trying to install python-guestfs ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: lvm2 2.02.176-4.1ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35-generic 4.13.13 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Jan 31 09:56:36 2018 ErrorMessage: installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-28 (217 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.4, python3-minimal, 3.6.4-1 PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4 RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1 apt 1.6~alpha7ubuntu1 SourcePackage: lvm2 Title: package lvm2 2.02.176-4.1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-01-30 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lvm2/+bug/1746582/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp