tetex

[Jesse Goldman <jgoldman@hecate.fnal.gov>]

Hiya,

I've had trouble replacing latex with the now available tetex. I 
selected (I believe) all appropriate packages and then tried to install 
them. The installation script said that I needed to do a "dpkg --purge 
--force-depends" on a bunch of files which I did. The result is the 
following:

dpkg: error processing tetex-base_0.4pl6-4.deb (--install):
 subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tetex-base_0.4pl6-4.deb
bash-2.00# dpkg --purge --force-depends babel latex texbin
(Reading database ... 31291 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing babel ...
Purging configuration files for babel ...
Building new format(s) without babel support using install-fmt-base(8)
/var/lib/dpkg/info/babel.postrm: install-fmt-base: command not found
dpkg: error processing babel (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg: texbin: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 psfig depends on tex; however:
  Package tex is not installed.
  Package texbin which provides tex is to be removed.
Removing texbin ...
Purging configuration files for texbin ...
dpkg: latex: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
 revtex depends on latex.
Removing latex ...
Removing latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8)
/var/lib/dpkg/info/latex.prerm: install-fmt-base: command not found
dpkg: error processing latex (--purge):
 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
Building new latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8)
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
 babel
 latex

Everything else seems to have been removed successfully. How can I 
override this problem or get this "install-fmt-base" command? Thanks.

Jesse Goldman