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[Bug 1270410] Re: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

 

I experienced this error during a software update soon after upgrading
to Xubuntu 14.04 LTS from a previous version (not sure which one).

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Title:
  package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Status in tex-common package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This was generated while doing upgrade to newest ubuntu, upgrader
  stopped unity crashed and I had to cntrl/alt f2 to get a terminal and
  had to "sudo killall dpkg" and then "sudo dpkg --configure -a" several
  times to complete the upgrade to the point it was safe to reboot into
  a stable environment.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: tex-common 4.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jan 18 05:00:25 2014
  DuplicateSignature: package:tex-common:4.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-05-07 (986 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: tex-common
  Title: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-01-18 (0 days ago)

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