package octave3.2 3.2.4-12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Gideon Schröder]

octave

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: octave3.2 3.2.4-12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-67.110~precise1-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-67-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 10 11:08:14 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:octave3.2:3.2.4-12:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: octave3.2
Title: package octave3.2 3.2.4-12 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Mike Miller (mtmiller)]

Thanks for reporting this bug in the octave package of Ubuntu. This bug has been fixed in newer versions of the octave package, for example in Ubuntu 15.10, the current release.

This bug can be worked around with the following fix:

  sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/octave/packages/3.2
  sudo apt-get -f install

I would recommend you upgrade to a newer release of Ubuntu with a newer better supported version of Octave.