package maxima-doc 5.13.0-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[katepano]

Binary package hint: maxima

Ubuntu 8.10 - the Intrepid Ibex

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:

DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: maxima-doc 5.13.0-3ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: maxima
Title: package maxima-doc 5.13.0-3ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic i686

[Bryan Basil (bryanlbasil)]

Maxima may require the 686 kernel, but Ubuntu ships with a kernel for 386 as standard. An upgrade, or perhaps downgrade, of the Linux kernel may help you. This is not a bug, this is a user problem. You can also try "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a" and/or "sudo dpkg --clear-avail; sudo apt-get update" and this may also fix your problem.

[Bryan Basil (bryanlbasil)]

After taking a second look, looks like I had it backwards. It requires the 386 kernel, whereas you have a 686.

[themusicgod1 (themusicgod1)]

maxima and maxima:i386 are both packages now, and you can install either of them to use maxima-doc.