[Bug 995445] Re: package gpsmanshp 1.2.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

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Same error here:

Error message is in the output of any update/install via synaptic
(on Xubuntu 13.04 amd64 with 3.8.0-25-generic and huge package list):

E: gpsmanshp: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
error exit status 127

Workaround:
    sudo apt-get install tcl8.4
works for me.

Could anyone comment on why such an error is not fixable in weeks but is around for
more than a year now?
Raring is full of bugs like this - well known, most discusses in forums with workarounds around -
but nothings seems to be changed in the distribution.
Will this regression be fixed in stable versions - will it be remaining in 13.10 or even 14.04 LTS?
Anything one can do to improve this situation - after bug reports seems no longer a valid help?

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Title:
  package gpsmanshp 1.2.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
  installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gpsmanshp” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  It cannot be uninstalled or anything. It happened after installing
  gis-workstation.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: gpsmanshp 1.2.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.38-generic 3.2.16
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun May  6 13:47:28 2012
  DuplicateSignature:
   Setting up gpsmanshp (1.2.1-1) ...
   /var/lib/dpkg/info/gpsmanshp.postinst: 7: /var/lib/dpkg/info/gpsmanshp.postinst: tclsh8.4: not found
   dpkg: error processing gpsmanshp (--configure):
    subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  SourcePackage: gpsmanshp
  Title: package gpsmanshp 1.2.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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