adding or removing software crashes on libboost1.38-dbg

Trying to add or remove software crashes and in the details it is always hung up on libboost1.38-dbg and I can't remove the package either because it just gives an error on that too.

I am using ubuntu 9.10

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 6 08:34:41 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
 ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Package: libboost1.38-dbg 1.38.0-6ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: boost1.38
Title: package libboost1.38-dbg 1.38.0-6ubuntu6 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686