Interesting. I had installed libz.so.1.2.5 from sources to satisfy the needs of another project. So I removed it and reinstalled the default zlib so it now has libz.so.1.2.3.4 like the header. I removed everything texlive-xxx and tex-common and started over from scratch. This time a ran into a new error.
I am attaching both the terminal output and the error log file referenced in it. Here's the gist of it: !!! ERROR! The map file `MinionPro.map' has not been found at all. I did some searching on this error and found only a stale bug #35407 which remained unsolved. Thanks. Jeff ** Attachment added: "attachments.tgz" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug/717112/+attachment/1843529/+files/attachments.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/717112 Title: LaTeX support broken and can no longer be installed -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs