In case it might help others, here is what I did to solve my problem: 1- Uninstalling and re-installing did not work for me 2- Sudo apt-get -f install tex-common etc. did not work either. The problem persisted. 3- Installing first texlive-common and then the other packages also did not solve it. 4- My solution: The report file (something like updmap.585adb3z in the /tmp folder) stated that the problem was with a map file which was not installed correctly. So I decided to rename the updmap config file located in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ (the file was 10local.cfg in my case) and then install texlive again.
I was finally able to re-install texlive without any problems. I think if you have a similar problem, you should check the error report file to see if you can do anything. This was not a bug in my case, just some font I was not able to install correctly. %(\footnote{Installing fonts in latex is so awkward. This must be why xelatex makes great sense.}) -- package texlive-base 2007-13 failed to install/upgrade: updmap-sys failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228334 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs