pdfmod does not start on Ubuntu 18.10

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

After a fresh install of pdfmod, launching "pdfmod" (ie with or without arguments) gives the following:

Unhandled Exception:
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Console' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.ConsoleDriver' threw an exception. ---> System.Exception: Magic number is wrong: 542
  at System.TermInfoReader.ReadHeader (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32& position) [0x0002b] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.TermInfoReader..ctor (System.String term, System.String filename) [0x00065] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.TermInfoDriver..ctor (System.String term) [0x00058] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.ConsoleDriver.CreateTermInfoDriver (System.String term) [0x00000] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.ConsoleDriver..cctor () [0x00062] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Console.SetupStreams (System.Text.Encoding inputEncoding, System.Text.Encoding outputEncoding) [0x0000a] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.Console..cctor () [0x000a8] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at Hyena.Log.Commit (Hyena.LogEntryType type, System.String message, System.String details, System.Boolean showUser) [0x00108] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at Hyena.Log.Debug (System.String message, System.String details) [0x0000c] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at Hyena.Log.Debug (System.String message) [0x0000c] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at Hyena.Log.DebugFormat (System.String format, System.Object[] args) [0x00013] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at PdfMod.PdfMod.Main (System.String[] args) [0x0001a] in <ba09eb884c29483ba00e5796f00a2ffb>:0
[ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Console' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.ConsoleDriver' threw an exception. ---> System.Exception: Magic number is wrong: 542
  at System.TermInfoReader.ReadHeader (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32& position) [0x0002b] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.TermInfoReader..ctor (System.String term, System.String filename) [0x00065] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.TermInfoDriver..ctor (System.String term) [0x00058] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.ConsoleDriver.CreateTermInfoDriver (System.String term) [0x00000] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.ConsoleDriver..cctor () [0x00062] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at System.Console.SetupStreams (System.Text.Encoding inputEncoding, System.Text.Encoding outputEncoding) [0x0000a] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
  at System.Console..cctor () [0x000a8] in <8f2c484307284b51944a1a13a14c0266>:0
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
  at Hyena.Log.Commit (Hyena.LogEntryType type, System.String message, System.String details, System.Boolean showUser) [0x00108] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at Hyena.Log.Debug (System.String message, System.String details) [0x0000c] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at Hyena.Log.Debug (System.String message) [0x0000c] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at Hyena.Log.DebugFormat (System.String format, System.Object[] args) [0x00013] in <fdb3189f4438470bb279187e19779782>:0
  at PdfMod.PdfMod.Main (System.String[] args) [0x0001a] in <ba09eb884c29483ba00e5796f00a2ffb>:0

Description: Ubuntu 18.10
Release: 18.10

pdfmod:
  Installed: 0.9.1-8.1
  Candidate: 0.9.1-8.1
  Version table:
 *** 0.9.1-8.1 500
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic/universe i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
Package: pdfmod 0.9.1-8.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu13.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Mar 19 17:02:19 2019
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-24 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: pdfmod
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)