dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/menu_2.1.18_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
install-info: unrecognized option `--menuentry=Debian menu'
        Try `install-info --help' for a complete list of options.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/menu_2.1.18_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

uninstall texlive and install:

chktex
tetex-base tetex-bin
cjk-latex
latex2rtf latex2html
auctex

ref:

untex - Remove LaTeX commands from input
latex-ucs - Support for using UTF-8 input encoding in LaTeX documents
latex-ucs-contrib - Additional languages for latex-ucs
latex-ucs-doc - Documentation for latex-ucs

$ type install-info
install-info is /usr/texlive/bin/i386-linux/install-info

% debfoster chktex cjk-latex
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libkpathsea3 libwww0 tetex-base tetex-bin
Suggested packages:
  tfm-arphic-bsmi00lp tfm-arphic-bkai00mp tfm-arphic-gbsn00lp
  tfm-arphic-gkai00mp hbf-jfs56 hbf-cns40-b5 hbf-kanji48 tetex-extra
Recommended packages:
  tetex-doc texi2html perl-tk
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  chktex cjk-latex libkpathsea3 libwww0 tetex-base tetex-bin
The following held packages will be changed:
  libkpathsea3
0 upgraded, 6 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 19.2MB of archives.
After unpacking 67.3MB of additional disk space will be used.

Ref:

hbf-cns40-1 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 1) for CJK
hbf-cns40-2 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 2) for CJK
hbf-cns40-3 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 3) for CJK
hbf-cns40-4 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 4) for CJK
hbf-cns40-5 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 5) for CJK
hbf-cns40-6 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 6) for CJK
hbf-cns40-7 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (CNS plane 7) for CJK
hbf-cns40-b5 - Chinese Fanti Song 40x40 bitmap font (Big5) for CJK
hbf-jfs56 - Chinese Jianti Fangsong 56x56 bitmap font (GB2312) for CJK
hbf-kanji48 - Japanese Kanji 48x48 bitmap font (JIS X-0208) for CJK

documented on: 2004.10.21