Bug#181882: tetex-base: Installation error: "kpsewhich: command not found"

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen.Dedu@prism.uvsq.fr>]

Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> > > A check for existence of /usr/bin/kpsewhich should be done probably 
> > > before the if.
> >
> > Hmm, perhaps we need more investigation.
>
>
> If possible and if you didn't install tetex-bin yet, please try 
> to modify /var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-base.postinst
>
>     if [ -x ${UPDMAP} -a -x /usr/bin/updmap -a -f ${BASEMAP} -a X"`kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMFMAIN'`" = X"/usr/share/texmf" ]; then
>
> to
>
>     if [ -x ${UPDMAP} -a -x /usr/bin/updmap -a -f ${BASEMAP} -a -x /usr/bin/kpsewhich ]; then
>
> and run "dpkg --configure tetex-base"

Now it's ok:

root@eminescu:~# vi /var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-base.postinst
root@eminescu:~# dpkg --configure tetex-base
Setting up tetex-base (2.0.1-1) ...

root@eminescu:~#

Eugen