Bug#79213: no texmf.cnf file: cannot install tetex on up-to-date woody
From: sander@rotzorg.org
Subject: Bug#79213: no texmf.cnf file: cannot install tetex on up-to-date woody
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 01:18:45 +0100
> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 1.0.7+20000807-5
>
> Today i retried installing teTeX on my Debian GNU woody system. This system is kept up-to-date except for teTeX because of the big downloads it gave. I have tried updating several time, always failing with an post-inst message saying:
>
> Setting up tetex-bin (1.0.7+20000807-5) ...
> mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Done.
> /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN in texmf.cnf file.
> /usr/bin/texconfig: set TEXMFCNF variable to the directory where teTeX's texmf.cnf file is in.
I encountered the same messages yesterday, but the difference
was that I could install in the second time.
But I found some situation which might help to find out
the reason of the error.
When the above messages were displayed, I checked /usr/share/texmf
and found that there were no web2c there
(there were /var/lib/texmf/web2c).
I guess that when tetex-bin was updating, there will be some
instance when there is no /usr/share/texmf/web2c, right?
And at that time if mktexlsr or something is going to run then
> /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN in texmf.cnf file.
> /usr/bin/texconfig: set TEXMFCNF variable to the directory where teTeX's texmf.cnf file is in.
might be happen.
Can this be of any help to find out the reason of the error?
Best Regards, 2001.6.17
--
Debian Developer & Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@debian.org>
Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.
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