Re: dpkg error while purging latex

[Carey Evans <c.evans@clear.net.nz>]

Ralf Mueller <ralf@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

> Executing "dpkg --purge latex" caused an error message as follows:

[snip]

> So at the moment I can't install auctex, because some packages of another
> Tex-Distribution are installed and won't go. (The same problem occurs
> while executung "dpkg --purge babel". What is the "install-fmt-base"-file,
> in which package is it in?

install-fmt-base is in mflib.

I recommend you install tetex-base, which will take care of the
problems with the old TeX for you (or tell you what to do).

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