package iamerican 3.1.20.0-4.4 failed to install/upgrade:

[Max Waterman]

Binary package hint: ispell

I had this error while upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10. It was difficult to tell what actual package it was/etc. I hope you have enough info, but I can answer more if necessary.

I suspect it's very similar to #223807 "package ibritish 3.1.20.0-4.4 failed to install/upgrade:
Fix Released, last updated 2008-08-09 "

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 255
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: iamerican 3.1.20.0-4.4
SourcePackage: ispell
Title: package iamerican 3.1.20.0-4.4 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

From your log the error is:
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Removing iamerican ...
Can't find string terminator "`" anywhere before EOF at /usr/share/perl5/Debian/DictionariesCommon.pm line 457.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/remove-default-ispell line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/remove-default-ispell line 3.
dpkg: error processing iamerican (--remove):
=====

It's different from bug 223807 .