package kile 1:2.1.0-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[Gunnar Wegner]

apport auto-generated bug report

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: kile 1:2.1.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 22 20:52:53 2012
ErrorMessage: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110901)
SourcePackage: kile
Title: package kile 1:2.1.0-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-31 (22 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Pavel Petrovic (pavel-petrovic)]

Not sure what is at the core of this, but here is a workaround that worked for me:

texlive-base postinst script /var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-base.postinst
has a problem. When calling:

localpaper=$(texconfig-sys xdvi paperconf)

at line 102, the program returns an empty string and then:

texconfig-sys $binary paper $localpaper no-recreate-formats 2>&1

fails. Replacing the line with a constant paper format, e.g.:

texconfig-sys $binary paper a4 no-recreate-formats 2>&1

makes the script to complete ok, which resolves all the impled texlive installation problems.