Re: postinst script error

[Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de>]

vinhtu@gmx.net writes:
 > I'm trying to install tetex-bin version 1.0.7+20001218 and am getting
 > this error:
 > 
 > Setting up tetex-bin (1.0.7+20001218-5) ...
 > 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.
 > dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
 >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
 > Errors were encountered while processing:
 >  tetex-bin
 > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
 > 
 > How should I make it install?
 > 

Did you make an upgrade or a fresh install?

You should have a file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf file:

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        19620 Jun 20 23:40 /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf

or similar. Please try 'ls -l /etc/texmf/texmf*'.

Christoph