package dictionaries-common 1.20.5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

[Darren Warren]

Crash during update from 12.04.4 to 14.04 via ssh

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: dictionaries-common 1.20.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-49.73~precise1-generic 3.5.7.32
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-49-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat May 3 14:05:04 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:dictionaries-common:1.20.5:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-07-22 (284 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130213)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
Title: package dictionaries-common 1.20.5 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-03 (0 days ago)

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1287946, so 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.