i have installed just now on amd64 in a complete uptodate system.
it has complained about some update-apt-xapian-index file not being present asked to build it and after build it worked fine.
so i guess you probably are missing some package needed by it
(time to get rid of it again...)
_________________ Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells?
To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.
Marcus Valerius Martialis, römischer Satiriker und Epigrammdichter