package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

[Haw Loeung]

Hi,

When attempting to upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 alpha3, update-manager fails to install dictionaries-common.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.48-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 5 09:48:03 2011
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta amd64 (20110413)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
Title: package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-04 (0 days ago)

[Haw Loeung (hloeung)]

Looks to be a corrupted debconf database as running /usr/share/debconf/fix_db.pl fixed things.

[era (era)]

Marking as Invalid as per comment #2.