There's no reason that this should behave any differently when installing from synaptic.
The failing packages are rsyslog and nfs-common; what these packages share is that they both use ucf. Reassigning there. ** Package changed: nfs-utils (Ubuntu) => ucf (Ubuntu) -- package nfs-common 1:1.2.0-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 10 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/505405 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