package texlive-fonts-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[piscue]

I was installing:

sudo apt-get build-dep ruby

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 texlive-fonts-recommended: Configure
 texlive-generic-extra: Configure
 texlive-humanities: Configure
 texlive-humanities-doc: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Nov 25 12:45:58 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: texlive-fonts-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-15.50-generic
SourcePackage: texlive-base
Title: package texlive-fonts-recommended 2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-15-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in texlive-base.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport, either via the appropriate application's "Help -> Report a Problem" menu or using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

The error is
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Setting up texlive-fonts-recommended (2007.dfsg.2-4ubuntu1) ...

Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.

/var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-fonts-recommended.postinst: 155: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ";;")

dpkg: error processing texlive-fonts-recommended (--configure):

 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
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[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

wrong status. Sorry.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.