package libgvc6-plugins-gtk 2.40.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: installed libgvc6-plugins-gtk package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127; was doing a distribution upgrade in xubuntu

[Damon Getsman]

Failed to purge when finishing up the distribution upgrade to the freshly released ubuntu/xubuntu is the only other information that I really got. Was upgrading to 18.04.1 LTS.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: libgvc6-plugins-gtk 2.40.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 17 21:30:53 2018
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Removing libcgmanager0:amd64 (0.39-2ubuntu5) ...
 Removing libgvc6-plugins-gtk (2.40.1-2) ...
 libgvc6-config-update: error while loading shared libraries: libcdt.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 dpkg: error processing package libgvc6-plugins-gtk (--purge):
  installed libgvc6-plugins-gtk package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: installed libgvc6-plugins-gtk package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-16 (124 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3
SourcePackage: graphviz
Title: package libgvc6-plugins-gtk 2.40.1-2 failed to install/upgrade: installed libgvc6-plugins-gtk package post-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-18 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[rollthedyc3 (rollthedyc3)]

I was able to work around this bug by manually downloading the libcdt5 package and installing it with dpkg.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/bionic/amd64/libcdt5/2.40.1-2