[Bug 1476218] Re: package dictionaries-common 1.20.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 873551 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/873551

The attached DpkgTerminalLog.gz contains the following error message at
the end.

update-default-wordlist: Question empty but elements installed for class "wordlist"
  dictionaries-common/default-wordlist: return code: "0", value: ""
  Choices: , Manual symlink setting
  shared/packages-wordlist: return code: "10" owners/error: "shared/packages-wordlist doesn't exist"
  Installed elements: american (American English), british (British English)

  Please see "/usr/share/doc/dictionaries-common/README.problems", section
  "Debconf database corruption" for recovery info.

update-default-wordlist: Selected wordlist "" 
does not correspond to any installed package in the system
and no alternative wordlist could be selected.
dpkg: error processing package dictionaries-common (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1310271
   systemsettings not installing, dictionaries-common is getting error

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Title:
  package dictionaries-common 1.20.5 failed to install/upgrade:
  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
  status 255

Status in dictionaries-common package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   dictionaries-common
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: dictionaries-common 1.20.5
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-87.125-generic 3.2.69
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-87-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.9
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jul 20 12:50:35 2015
  ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: dictionaries-common
  Title: package dictionaries-common 1.20.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 255
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-07-20 (0 days ago)

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