package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1

[penalvch]

1) lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

2) apt-cache policy fglrx
fglrx:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2:9.000-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
     2:9.000-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What is expected to happen is when one installs fglrx, reboots, uninstalls it, then types:
sudo apt-get -y remove --purge fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle-updates

it does not fail.

What happens instead is it failed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: fglrx (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
AptOrdering: fglrx: Purge
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 21 03:12:48 2012
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
SourcePackage: fglrx-installer
Title: package fglrx (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-11 (39 days ago)

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Ran:
sudo apt-get -y install -f
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get -y clean
sudo apt-get -y remove --purge fglrx-updates fglrx-amdcccle-updates

and worked without crashing.