package dynare-matlab 4.4.3-2ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

[daniele]

I don't know what happened, I was installing dynare with synaptic and this bag just popped up.

If you have any suggestion it would be grate

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: dynare-matlab 4.4.3-2ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.39-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 11 21:57:08 2016
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-23 (201 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: dynare
Title: package dynare-matlab 4.4.3-2ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-04 (7 days ago)

[daniele (barrodaniele8)]

 the code below is part of the error message

 This may take some time... done.
Setting up texlive-extra-utils (2015.20160320-1) ...
Setting up texlive-latex-recommended (2015.20160320-1) ...
Setting up texlive-pictures (2015.20160320-1) ...
Processing triggers for tex-common (6.04) ...
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Setting up texlive-pstricks (2015.20160320-1) ...
Setting up prosper (1.00.4+cvs.2007.05.01-4) ...
Regenerating '/var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN'... done.
Regenerating '/var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-TEXLIVEDIST'... done.
update-fmtutil has updated the following file(s):
 /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
 /var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-TEXLIVEDIST
If you want to activate the changes in the above file(s),
you should run fmtutil-sys or fmtutil.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 dynare-matlab
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up dynare-matlab (4.4.3-2ubuntu4) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/dynare-matlab.postinst: 6: /var/lib/dpkg/info/dynare-matlab.postinst: debian-matlab-mexhelper: not found
dpkg: error processing package dynare-matlab (--configure):

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Lucho Nacho (livalenz)]

I got around this by building Dynare (4.5) from source, using these instructions: https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/blob/master/README.md

[Lucho Nacho (livalenz)]

(maybe this is solved in 4.5, to be released soon. Check here: https://github.com/DynareTeam/dynare/issues/1455)