package tomcat8 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

 sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat8 start
[....] Starting tomcat8 (via systemctl): tomcat8.serviceJob for tomcat8.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status tomcat8.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
 failed!
weekleyj@boris:/var/log$ systemctl status -l tomcat8.service
● tomcat8.service - LSB: Start Tomcat.
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/tomcat8; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2016-06-25 21:57:36 CDT; 12s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 27944 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/tomcat8 start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 25 21:57:31 boris systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start Tomcat....
Jun 25 21:57:31 boris tomcat8[27944]: * Starting Tomcat servlet engine tomcat8
Jun 25 21:57:36 boris tomcat8[27944]: ...fail!
Jun 25 21:57:36 boris systemd[1]: tomcat8.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jun 25 21:57:36 boris systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Start Tomcat..
Jun 25 21:57:36 boris systemd[1]: tomcat8.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jun 25 21:57:36 boris systemd[1]: tomcat8.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

catalina.log:
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/share/tomcat8/endorsed is not supported. Endorsed standards and standalone APIs
in modular form will be supported via the concept of upgradeable modules.
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: tomcat7 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-24.43-generic 4.4.10
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 25 21:45:48 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-28 (28 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: tomcat7
Title: package tomcat7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)