I just purge tex-common, then finish the do-release-upgrade using apt-get dist-upgrade. Sometimes a few iterations to finish. This will show up on ALL our institutional laptops though, I'd like to see a fix.
On 23 April 2014 20:38, Russell Jones <russell.jo...@physics.ox.ac.uk>wrote: > This looks pretty similar to the problem I had. I did the following > apt-get remove libkpathsea5 > vim /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg > (removed lines referring to comicvn.map and mscorevn.map) > updmap-sys > dpkg --configure -a > (use dpkg --configure tex-common for less output if things go wrong) > > It spits out > Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-base.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-fonts-extra.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-fonts-recommended.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-games.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-african.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-arabic.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-cyrillic.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-czechslovak.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-french.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-greek.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-hebrew.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-indic.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-lithuanian.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-mongolian.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-polish.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-lang-vietnamese.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-latex-base.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-latex-extra.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-math-extra.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-omega.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-pictures.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10texlive-science.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/20latex-fonts-thai-tlwg.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/20tex-gyre.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/50cm-super-minimal.cfg > Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/50cm-super.cfg > > each time any package to do with tex is configured, but the install > seems to be continuing OK. I guess those files can be removed once the > install has finished (I think the newer, equivalent config files go > somewhere else). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311032 > > Title: > package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/1311032/+subscriptions > -- .~. /V\ Jan Groenewald /( )\ www.aims.ac.za ^^-^^ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1311032 Title: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tex-common/+bug/1311032/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs