package octave 4.2.2-1~octave~xenial2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

On restart, a pop-up dialog box was shown.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: octave 4.2.2-1~octave~xenial2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-130.156-generic 4.4.134
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-130-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 16 02:05:39 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:octave:4.2.2-1~octave~xenial2
 Processing triggers for octave (4.0.2-1ubuntu5~octave~xenial1) ...
 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/octave/4.0.2/exec/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/octave-gui: error while loading shared libraries: liboctinterp.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 dpkg: error processing package octave (--remove):
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-22 (511 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.27
SourcePackage: octave
Title: package octave 4.2.2-1~octave~xenial2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-07-15 (3 days ago)