This command was reported to successfully work around this bug: sudo sed -i 's/^Automatically/# Automatically/g' /var/lib/dpkg/info /base-files.postinst
It changes any lines starting with "Automatically" into comments, which lets the script finish properly when you run: sudo dpkg --configure base-files Or just run this afterwards: sudo apt -f install -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to base-files in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1836236 Title: 9.4ubuntu4.9: Broken package because of missing "#" @ /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst +131 Status in base-files package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Trying to install this on xenial results in: Setting up base-files (9.4ubuntu4.9) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst: 131: /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst: Automatically: not found dpkg: error processing package base-files (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: base-files E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Because there is a missing comment "#" at the beginning of line 131 of /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-files.postinst, ie: Automatically added by dh_systemd_start ^-- # ? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/base-files/+bug/1836236/+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