for proftpd.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status proftpd.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
dpkg: error processing package proftpd-core (--configure):
installed proftpd-core package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proftpd-mod-crypto:
proftpd-mod-crypto depends on proftpd-core (= 1.3.7a+dfsg-12); however:
Package proftpd-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proftpd-mod-crypto (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proftpd-mod-wrap:
proftpd-mod-wrap depends on proftpd-core (= 1.3.7a+dfsg-12); however:
Package proftpd-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proftpd-mod-wrap (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proftpd-basic:
proftpd-basic depends on proftpd-core; however:
Package proftpd-core is not configured yet.
proftpd-basic depends on proftpd-mod-wrap; however:
Package proftpd-mod-wrap is not configured yet.
proftpd-basic depends on proftpd-mod-crypto; however:
Package proftpd-mod-crypto is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proftpd-basic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
proftpd-core
proftpd-mod-crypto
proftpd-mod-wrap
proftpd-basic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
What do I do as don’t want to reboot and break anything
there seems to be an issue with package proftpd-core.
could you try apt install -reinstall proftpd-core