Well now, that was a most excellent observation. I grepped "MinionPro" in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ and turned up a reference to it in 10local.cfg. It was the only entry, in fact. I commented it out and was successfully able to install texlive-latex-base. That was exactly it. Now I'm wondering how it got there in the first place. That's no-doubt the bug. Curious.
In any event, here is a solution for anyone else who runs into this. Thanks for your help. Regards, Jeff -- 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