I experience the exact same thing. Here is more output: ---------------------------------------------------- $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 9.04 Release: 9.04 ---------------------------------------------------- $ sudo dpkg --configure -a Setting up tex-common (1.11.3) ... Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg update-texmf: Basic configuration file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf missing. Exiting. dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-base: texlive-base depends on tex-common (>= 1.11); however: Package tex-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-doc-base: texlive-doc-base depends on tex-common (>= 1.11); however: Package tex-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-doc-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-common: texlive-common depends on tex-common (>= 1.8); however: Package tex-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-base-bin: texlive-base-bin depends on texlive-common (>= 2007); however: Package texlive-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-base-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: tex-common texlive-base texlive-doc-base texlive-common texlive-base-bin ---------------------------------------------------- $ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: liblaunchpad-integration1 libglib-perl python-gst0.10 libgnomeui-common ubufox scrollkeeper docbook-xml python-numeric libgnome2-perl python-pyorbit python-gconf libavformat52 python-gtkhtml2 libgnome2-vfs-perl python-glade2 python-sexy python-vte libvte9 libgnomeui-0 libgtk2-perl mbr gnome-app-install apturl libgtkhtml2-0 python-launchpad-integration software-properties-gtk synaptic gnome-icon-theme ps2eps sgml-data libcairo-perl libvte-common libscrollkeeper0 lacheck librsvg2-common libgnome2-canvas-perl libpoppler-glib3 xutils-dev Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 5 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up tex-common (1.11.3) ... Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg update-texmf: Basic configuration file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf missing. Exiting. dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-common: texlive-common depends on tex-common (>= 1.8); however: Package tex-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-doc-base: texlive-doc-base depends on tex-common (>= 1.11); however: Package tex-common is not configured yet. texlive-doc-base depends on texlive-common (>= 2007); however: Package texlive-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-doc-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-base-bin: texlive-base-bin depends on texlive-common (>= 2007); however: Package texlive-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-base-bin (--configure): depenNo apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. No apportreport written because MaxReports is reached already No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already dency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-base: texlive-base depends on texlive-doc-base (>= 2007); however: Package texlive-doc-base is not configured yet. texlive-base depends on tex-common (>= 1.11); however: Package tex-common is not configured yet. texlive-base depends on texlive-base-bin (>= 2007-13); however: Package texlive-base-bin is not configured yet. texlive-base depends on texlive-common (>= 2007); however: Package texlive-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: tex-common texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-base-bin texlive-base E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)