Re: I need your help
Masa Takeuti <delphyne@sb.starcat.ne.jp> wrote:
> Dear maintainers
>
> Last week, I installed TEX in my computer. But it didn't work
> (segmentation fault) . I tried to remove packages but apt stopped
> halfway. I am in a very bad situation. I can't apt-get anything! I
> hope you give me some instruction to escape from this fatal situation.
[...]
> Then, I tested a testscript.
>
> $platex testscript.tex
> segmentation fault
>
> I guessed that this was because I forgot to install ptex-buildsupport.
No, this wasn't the reason - ptex-buildsupport is only needed to create
the ptex-bin package.
> Then, I tried to install it. And I got an error message:
>
> ************************************************************
>
> fmtutil: format directory : ~/web2c does not exist
> WARNING fmtutil was run as root: fmtutill-sys was used instead
This doesn't seem like an error message, just a warning. But I don't
get it - after which command exactly did you get it?
> #kpsewhich --help
> ......................................
> Recognized format names and their suffixes:
> segmentation fault
> #dpkg --listfiles tetex-extra
> /etc/texmf/upmap.d/20tetex-extra.cfg
>
> **************************************************************
>
> It seems that of the tetex-extra package, only one file remains (20tetex-extra.cfg)
Yes, well, you removed it, and only the configuration files are left
(since you didn't use --purge). But the segmentation fault shows that
also tetex-bin is broken.
> I am very confused.
Indeed, it seems as if you have not enough knowledge of how apt and dpkg
works to use unstable.
> I want you to give me some instruction to get rid of this situation.
> I want to use tex.
> But first of all, I want to use apt-get.
It seems to me as if your problems with apt-get are nothing related to
TeX, and would be more appropriate for a users list. Anyway, to clear
things up, you should first try these commands:
dpkg --configure --pending
apt-get -f install
and report any error messages you get. After that, try removing the
packages one at a time, and rather purge them. For the packages that
are already removed, purge them with
dpkg --purge <packagename>
for the ones that are still installed, use
apt-get --purge remove <packagename>
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX)
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