trying to install tetex-base I get this: Unpacking tetex-base (from tetex-base_1.0.2-1.deb) ... dpkg: error processing tetex-base_1.0.2-1.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: tetex-base_1.0.2-1.deb same for the tetex-base_1.0.2-1_all.deb package. -- Robi