root@romulus:~# apt-get --reinstall install xfonts-base
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libavahi-common-data libdbus-glib-1-2 xulrunner-1.9 libcurl3-gnutls libck-connector0 libhunspell-1.1-0 libstartup-notification0 openssh-blacklist tcl8.4 libjasper1
  libavahi-client3 libavahi-common3 libnss3-1d
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 107 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
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(Reading database ... 34774 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace xfonts-base 1:1.0.1 (using .../xfonts-base_1%3a1.0.1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement xfonts-base ...
usage error: unrecognized option
Usage: update-fonts-dir DIRECTORY ...
       update-fonts-dir { -h | --help }
This program is a wrapper for mkfontdir(1x) that is primarily useful to Debian
package maintainer scripts.  See update-fonts-dir(8) for more information.
Options:
    -h, --help                               display this usage message and exit
dpkg: warning: old post-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
usage error: unrecognized option
Usage: update-fonts-dir DIRECTORY ...
       update-fonts-dir { -h | --help }
This program is a wrapper for mkfontdir(1x) that is primarily useful to Debian
package maintainer scripts.  See update-fonts-dir(8) for more information.
Options:
    -h, --help                               display this usage message and exit
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-base_1%3a1.0.1_all.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
usage error: unrecognized option
Usage: update-fonts-dir DIRECTORY ...
       update-fonts-dir { -h | --help }
This program is a wrapper for mkfontdir(1x) that is primarily useful to Debian
package maintainer scripts.  See update-fonts-dir(8) for more information.
Options:
    -h, --help                               display this usage message and exit
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 2
Processing triggers for fontconfig ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/xfonts-base_1%3a1.0.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)