package tex-common 3.15 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Peter Errity]

The error came up on first login after upgrading from 13.4 to 13.10

1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
(After upgrade)
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

2) The version of the package you are using, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname' or by checking in Software Center
$ apt-cache policy tex-common
tex-common:
  Installed: 3.15
  Candidate: 4.04
  Version table:
     4.04 0
        500 http://ie.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main i386 Packages
 *** 3.15 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

3) What you expected to happen
Clean boot after upgrading the system

4) What happened instead
Got the error above on initial login

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: tex-common 3.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-34.49-generic 3.8.13.12
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-34-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 15 03:12:32 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:tex-common:3.15:ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-06-10 (552 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tex-common
Title: package tex-common 3.15 failed to install/upgrade: ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-15 (0 days ago)

[Peter Errity (perrity)]

update - I am guessing this is related because the file prefixes tha come up are nearly all 'tex.....'

I noticed a warning on the top taskbar and ended up running 'apt-get check'
qhxixh gave numerous dependencies errors and further suggested/led me to

$ sudo apt-get install tex-common -f (didn't fix the problem but suggested next)

$ sudo apt-get install -f (which has fixed something - see below)

sample output

Unpacking replacement texlive-lang-spanish ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
(Reading database ... 564819 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing texlive-lang-swedish ...
Removing texlive-lang-tibetan ...
...
(Reading database ... 564696 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace texlive-latex-base 2012.20120611-5 (using .../texlive-latex-base_2013.2013072$
Unpacking replacement texlive-latex-base ...
Preparing to replace texlive-latex-base-doc 2012.20120611-5 (using .../texlive-latex-base-doc_2013$
Unpacking replacement texlive-latex-base-doc ...
...
Warning: Old configuration style found in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
Warning: For now these files have been included,
Warning: but expect inconsistencies.
Warning: These packages should be rebuild with tex-common.
Warning: Please see /usr/share/doc/tex-common/NEWS.Debian.gz
Warning: found file: /etc/texmf/updmap.d/10lmodern.cfg
...

and eventually completed
now I get successful output from apt-get check

$ sudo apt-get check
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done

How can I know if the original problem is resolved?

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1241563, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.