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

[Arjun Trivedi]

After upgrading, using 'update-manager', from 12.04.5 LTS to 14.04 Trust Tahr LTS, I got an error message saying that tex-common could not be installed.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: tex-common 4.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-105.152-generic 3.13.11-ckt39
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-105-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Dec 12 11:02:01 2016
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 2012-03-22 (1726 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.15
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 2016-12-12 (0 days ago)

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