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

[srinidhismurthy]

it shows there is some problem dialogue very often which is very irritating

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tex-common
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-49.83-generic 3.13.11-ckt17
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.10
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Apr 27 03:36:33 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 2014-01-21 (460 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
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 trusty on 2015-04-26 (0 days ago)