package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

Bug #1240763 reported by A. Cooper
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
dictionaries-common (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Tried to uprade from 13.04 to 13.10. Failed to upgrade dictionaries-common and then terminated.
13.10 installed but unstable.
Would not uninstall using apt-get autoremove, came up with error 1
Uninstalled libre office then tried autoremove, same result.
Tried Ubuntu-tweak, cleaned up everything except the dictionaries-common and myspell

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: dictionaries-common 1.20.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Oct 17 09:21:09 2013
DuplicateSignature: package:dictionaries-common:1.20.2:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-20 (391 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
Title: package dictionaries-common 1.20.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-10-17 (0 days ago)

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A. Cooper (aandacooper) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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JCH (jch1987) wrote :

Try the following, which I believe worked for me:
sudo dpkg --configure --pending

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in dictionaries-common (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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