package tex-common 2.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Gerrit Niezen]

I was busy installing SciPy using "sudo apt-get install python-numpy python-scipy python-matplotlib ipython ipython-notebook python-pandas python-sympy python-nose" when the tex-common package failed to install.

Using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: tex-common 2.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-39.62-generic-pae 3.2.39
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-39-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
AptOrdering: tex-common: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 5 10:49:44 2013
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tex-common
Title: package tex-common 2.10 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)