package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Johannes Wollbold]

Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04: tex-common not installed, since package was reported as non functionable.
After the first restart following uppgrade, also an error with apport-gtk was reported: EOF error when reading a compressed file. Could this be related to the tex problem?

Regards Johannes

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tex-common 4.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 14 23:03:22 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:tex-common:4.04:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-17 (697 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: tex-common
Title: package tex-common 4.04 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-09-14 (0 days ago)

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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 #1270410, 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.