Re: app-default file for xdvi?

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

Trinity Neo writes:
 > 
 > --- Christoph Martin <martin@uni-mainz.de> wrote:
 > > Trinity Neo writes:
 > >  > Apt-get install tetex-bin tries to install:
 > >  > tetex-bin_1.0.7+20001218-5.1_i386.deb
 > >  > 
 > >  > And it always always fails because it can't find
 > > the
 > >  > app-default file for xdvi when it does this.
 > > 
 > > Please, what version of tetex-BASE do you have
 > > installed? You need the
 > > newest version. 
 > > 
 > > Christoph
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > Ok, now there's an entirely new set of errors. I
 > installed tetex-BASE the newest Woody sources version
 > - 1.0.7+20000804-9.

Which version did you have before?

 > 
 > Now, when I try and install tetex-bin after that, it
 > complains that:
 > 
 > /usr/bin/texconfig: no $TEXMFMAIN defined in texmf.cnf
 > 
 > /usr/bin/texconfig: set TEXMFCNF to the directory
 > where TeTeX's texmf.cnf file is in.
 > 
 > The problem is that there is NO texmf.cnf file
 > anywhere on my computer.  

This normally happens when your disk is full. Please try to purge all
tetex-* packages and reinstall. Something seams to be really wrong
with your system. tetex normally installs out of the box.

And just a thought: Which version of apt do you use?

Christoph