Public bug reported: I just installed and below is the output...
$ apt-cache search tftpd tftpd-hpa - HPA's tftp server atftpd - advanced TFTP server libnet-tftpd-perl - Perl extension for Trivial File Transfer Protocol Server tftpd - Trivial file transfer protocol server uec-provisioning-tftpd - the UEC Provisioning TFTP server [h2o@black:~] $ sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: pxelinux The following NEW packages will be installed: tftpd-hpa 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 39.0 kB of archives. After this operation, 115 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 tftpd-hpa amd64 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1 [39.0 kB] Fetched 39.0 kB in 0s (119 kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously unselected package tftpd-hpa. (Reading database ... 269081 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../tftpd-hpa_5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking tftpd-hpa (5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu16) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up tftpd-hpa (5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1) ... Job for tftpd-hpa.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status tftpd-hpa.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. invoke-rc.d: initscript tftpd-hpa, action "start" failed. ● tftpd-hpa.service - LSB: HPA's tftp server Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa; bad; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2017-03-25 23:03:20 PDT; 4ms ago Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) Process: 5005 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/tftpd-hpa start (code=exited, status=71) Mar 25 23:03:20 black systemd[1]: Starting LSB: HPA's tftp server... Mar 25 23:03:20 black tftpd-hpa[5005]: * Starting HPA's tftpd in.tftpd Mar 25 23:03:20 black systemd[1]: tftpd-hpa.service: Control process exited, code=ex...=71 Mar 25 23:03:20 black systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: HPA's tftp server. Mar 25 23:03:20 black systemd[1]: tftpd-hpa.service: Unit entered failed state. Mar 25 23:03:20 black systemd[1]: tftpd-hpa.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. dpkg: error processing package tftpd-hpa (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu16) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Errors were encountered while processing: tftpd-hpa E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [h2o@black:~] $ ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: tftpd-hpa 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 AptOrdering: tftpd-hpa: Install tftpd-hpa: Configure NULL: ConfigurePending Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 25 23:03:20 2017 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-19 (35 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 apt 1.2.19 SourcePackage: tftp-hpa Title: package tftpd-hpa 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: tftp-hpa (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-package xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1676122 Title: package tftpd-hpa 5.2+20150808-1ubuntu1 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/tftp-hpa/+bug/1676122/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs