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

[Danny Crossley]

Thanks for the reply.  I have managed to fix this by using this:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/460908/error-while-booting-ubuntu-14-04


-Original Message-
From: Katherine Hajer 
To: dnt433 
Sent: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 5:31
Subject: [Bug 1270410] Re: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: 
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I did some searching on this error, and have managed to fix it on my
machine. The solution is (to me) risky and not very elegant, but if you
want to try it, here it is:

sudo apt-get remove tex-common
sudo rm -rf /etc/texmf
sudo apt-get install tex-common
   *** This will generate errors, because the command two lines above blew away 
the config files. In the error message, Ubuntu will note which commands need to 
be run to recreate the config files. Run these commands one at a time, running 
"sudo" before each one (I tried running them together as listed and only the 
first one worked. No surprise there.) Once the config files are recreated, run 
the sudo apt-get install tex-common command again. This time it should run with 
no errors.
sudo apt-get install texlive-*
 *** If all has gone well to this point, the texlive install will ask you 
several times if you want to install generic config files to replace missing 
ones (because you blew them away when you ran the "rm" command above). Always 
be sure to answer "y". Note the default is "n", so you can't just hit the Enter 
key to get past the prompt.

H/T to the discussion thread on AskUbuntu found here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/512848/tex-common-troubleshooting-on-
ubuntu-14-04-lts

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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:
  Fix Released

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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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:
  Fix Released

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 

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

[Danny Crossley]

Thanks for the reply.  I have managed to fix this by using this:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/460908/error-while-booting-ubuntu-14-04


-Original Message-
From: Katherine Hajer 
To: dnt433 
Sent: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 5:31
Subject: [Bug 1270410] Re: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: 
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

I did some searching on this error, and have managed to fix it on my
machine. The solution is (to me) risky and not very elegant, but if you
want to try it, here it is:

sudo apt-get remove tex-common
sudo rm -rf /etc/texmf
sudo apt-get install tex-common
   *** This will generate errors, because the command two lines above blew away 
the config files. In the error message, Ubuntu will note which commands need to 
be run to recreate the config files. Run these commands one at a time, running 
"sudo" before each one (I tried running them together as listed and only the 
first one worked. No surprise there.) Once the config files are recreated, run 
the sudo apt-get install tex-common command again. This time it should run with 
no errors.
sudo apt-get install texlive-*
 *** If all has gone well to this point, the texlive install will ask you 
several times if you want to install generic config files to replace missing 
ones (because you blew them away when you ran the "rm" command above). Always 
be sure to answer "y". Note the default is "n", so you can't just hit the Enter 
key to get past the prompt.

H/T to the discussion thread on AskUbuntu found here:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/512848/tex-common-troubleshooting-on-
ubuntu-14-04-lts

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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:
  Fix Released

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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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:
  Fix Released

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 

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1528381] [NEW] package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Danny Crossley]

Public bug reported:

Reported first as a warning during upgrade from 12.10 to 14.04.  Several
system crashes following upgrade and installation of correct graphics
driver NVIDIA 304.xx from NVIDIA website.  No display before that.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tex-common 4.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-74.118-generic 3.13.11-ckt30
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-74-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Dec 20 23:22:10 2015
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 2012-10-04 (1173 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 
(20120822.4)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
 apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.10
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 trusty on 2015-12-20 (0 days ago)

** Affects: tex-common (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-package dist-upgrade need-duplicate-check trusty

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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:
  New

Bug description:
  Reported first as a warning during upgrade from 12.10 to 14.04.
  Several system crashes following upgrade and installation of correct
  graphics driver NVIDIA 304.xx from NVIDIA website.  No display before
  that.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: tex-common 4.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-74.118-generic 3.13.11-ckt30
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-74-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Dec 20 23:22:10 2015
  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 2012-10-04 (1173 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 
(20120822.4)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.10
  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 trusty on 2015-12-20 (0 days ago)

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