package menu 2.1.41ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Hystoriker]

Binary package hint: menu

After trying to install kvpn on kubuntu 9.04 menu needed to be installed too. Unsuccessful installtion of menu though.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Dependencies:
 libgcc1 1:4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 gcc-4.3-base 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 libstdc++6 4.3.3-5ubuntu4
 findutils 4.4.0-2ubuntu4
 libc6 2.9-4ubuntu6
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Package: menu 2.1.41ubuntu1
SourcePackage: menu
Title: package menu 2.1.41ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686

[Ton Kersten (ubuntu-tonkersten)]

This one can be closed, I found out what happened.
When I installed autoconf and automake I got the above
error message. After looking into it I found out that the
program 'install-info' was not run from '/usr/sbin'
but from '/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/i386-linux/'
which was in my PATH before '/usr/sbin.'
After tweaking the PATH all works well.

Hint: Give the full path in the pre and post install scripts.