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
Public bug reported:
tex-common did not update correctly when I upgraded from 12.04 LTS to
14.04 LTS. Every time I update packages, I get the same error.
I have reported this before, and supposedly a fix was made, but no steps
to implement the fix were provided in the bug report.
I found the
I've been watching the package install details every time I update now,
looking for clues for what to do to fix this. I can see the part where
updating tex-common blows up, but it scrolls by too quickly for me to
spot what the error is or what to do about it.
So yes, it's still happening. Every
Still receiving this error, still looking for info on how to implement
the fix that was released per above. Anyone?
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Title:
package tex-common
I see there was a fix released in March, but I'm still getting the same
behaviour whenever I run an upgrade. Is there anything we need to
install manually to apply the bug fix?
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I'm still getting the error whenever I do an upgrade. I also get the
same error twice when starting up: once just after logging in, once
shortly after my desktop loads. It doesn't happen if I log out and log
back in again without shutting down the machine in between -- only upon
a fresh boot.
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I started getting this error immediately after the 12.04LTS to 14.04 LTS
upgrade. Like Andrew above, I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu, although in my
case it's the only OS on the system.
Ever since, I get this error when I run an update, probably because it
never leaves the to be installed queue. It
