package octave 6.4.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: installed octave package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127

[Richard Gammage]

This was discovered during upgrade from 20.04 to 22.04 beyond that I have no idea! Sorry.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: octave 6.4.0-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-124.140-generic 5.4.195
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-124-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Mon Aug 22 14:27:39 2022
DuplicateSignature:
 package:octave:6.4.0-2
 Setting up octave (6.4.0-2) ...
 /usr/bin/octave-cli: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 dpkg: error processing package octave (--configure):
  installed octave package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: installed octave package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-01-10 (588 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.4, python3-minimal, 3.10.4-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.4, python-is-python3, 3.9.2-2
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
 apt 2.4.7
SourcePackage: octave
Title: package octave 6.4.0-2 failed to install/upgrade: installed octave package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2022-08-22 (0 days ago)