Bug#115906: no subject)
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Christoph Martin wrote:
> > > > ls: /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi: No such file or directory
> > > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Sep 1 11:33
> > > > /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi -> /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi
> > > > (dangling symlink)
> > >
> > > You seam to not have installed tetex-base. Why is that?
> >
> > tetex-base is installed. The depends for tetex-bin look correct.
> > The '/usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi' symlink came from tetex-base.
> >
> > $ dpkg -l 'tetex*'
> > ii tetex-base 1.0.2+20000804 basic teTeX library files
> > iF tetex-bin 1.0.7+20001218 teTeX binary files
> > ii tetex-doc 1.0.2+20000804 teTeX documentation
> > iU tetex-extra 1.0.2+20000804 extra teTeX library files
>
> Do you have version tetex-base_1.0.2+20000804-9 installed? This
> package has /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi.
I used 'dpkg -s' on tetex-base, and it was 1.0.2+20000804-9, and
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi was the first file listed in it.
I removed all four tetex packages and purged the conf files, and then
installed again. No problems now. All is good.
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