package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Adnan Yumer]

Failed to install after upgrade to 12.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: dictionaries-common
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 27 18:57:40 2012
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
Title: package dictionaries-common 1.11.5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[PeterW (peter-waltman)]

It's existed since the alpha & beta phases, as per this discussion on ubuntu forums, though I have yet to see a fix for it: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1900351

[era (era)]

@PeterW: that's a different bug, bug #789706. The symptom here is different (see VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz).

[era (era)]

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 #322448, 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. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.