I removed the symlinks from /usr/local/bin including that of /usr/local/bin/install-info and the problem has gone away. I can now install gettext and all packages needed by prevu, which itself has been successfully installed.
Perhaps this error message occurs after non-Debian-package installations are made on a system as I did with TeXLive2008 from DVD. -- package gettext 0.17-3ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301522 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
