package software-center 5.0.1.4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Krishna E. Bera]

during dist-upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: software-center 5.0.1.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 15 12:35:18 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: package software-center 5.0.1.4 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-15 (0 days ago)

[Krishna E. Bera (keb)]

i cannot help with this anymore, i did a fresh install of lubuntu 12.04

[Gary Lasker (gary-lasker)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 855536, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.