package tzdata 2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[linx]

tried to update the system after a long time (7 months) and update failed showing this error.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: tzdata 2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-60.91-generic 3.2.55
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-60-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 11 18:46:10 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:tzdata:2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2014e-0ubuntu0.12.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-06 (796 days ago)

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Relevant parts of dpkg terminal log:

```
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
/usr/sbin/update-initramfs: 115: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: ln: not found
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-60-generic
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth: 36: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth: ln: not found
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth: 43: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/plymouth: ln: not found
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/ntfs_3g: 32: /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks/ntfs_3g: ln: not found
```

```
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst: 31: /var/lib/dpkg/info/tzdata.postinst: mv: not found
```

The commands ln and mv were not found. They are shipped by the coreutils package. Please try to reinstall coreutils.