There is not enough information on this bug report to diagnose the problem.
Can you provide the terminal output when the installation or upgrade of octave fails with this error? Does the output include this message? error: couldn't read directory /usr/local/share/octave/packages: No such file or directory ** Changed in: octave (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1702602 Title: package octave 4.0.0-3ubuntu9.1 failed to install/upgrade: el subproceso instalado el script post-installation devolvió el código de salida de error 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/octave/+bug/1702602/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs