[dapper] debtags package installation fails

while installing (upgrading) debtags package I've got following messages:

$ sudo apt-get install debtags
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  debtags
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/3178kB of archives.
After unpacking 17.6MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package debtags.
(Reading database ... 83822 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking debtags (from .../debtags_1.5.2ubuntu4_i386.deb) ...
Setting up debtags (1.5.2ubuntu4) ...
debtags: ConsistencyCheckException: Unable to use any data source (not even previously cached ones)

dpkg: error processing debtags (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 debtags
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

any hints?

best regards,