Bug#244601: tetex-bin: package fails to configure: Error: `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote:

> This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
> `mpost -ini  -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
> dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  tetex-bin
>
> Perhaps the following chunk of the output log has something to do with it:
>
> running `mpost -ini   -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' ...
> This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.4.5) (INIMP)
> (/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/metafun.mp
> ! I can't find file `plain.mp'.
> l.27   input plain.mp

Can you send us the output of 

kpsewhich --progname=metafun plain.mp

It should be 

/usr/share/texmf/metapost/base/plain.mp

Does this file exist? What is the version of tetex-extra?

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie