package texlive-base 2014.20140717-01ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Le Quang Nam]

error after upgrading Ubuntu 14.04 to 14.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: texlive-base 2014.20140717-01ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Oct 24 13:34:25 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:texlive-base:2014.20140717-01ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-07 (108 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: texlive-base
Title: package texlive-base 2014.20140717-01ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-10-24 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alex Sorokine (sorokine)]

The problem may be related to a vanilla install of TeXLive from TeXLive website (not Ubuntu packages) that was on my HDD before the upgrade. I usually use TeXLive that I install from the TeXLive web site. However, some of the packages in Ubuntu require TeXLive install from Ubuntu repository. The real solution for people like me who use non-Ubuntu TeXLive would be to have an empty deb package that would make other Ubuntu packages think that TeXLive is installed.