I experience the exact same thing.
Here is more output:
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$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
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$ 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
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$ 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)
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texlive-base cannot be install correctly (Ubuntu 8.10->9.4)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366554
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