Re: tetex install
"R. Wayne McCorkle" <wmccorkl@psl.nmsu.edu> writes:
Hi,
this is a problem with the old tex installation. Try this:
cat > /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base
#!/bin/sh
exit 0
^D
chmod +x /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base
dpkg --purge --force-depends babel
dpkg --purge --force-depends latex
rm /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base
Christoph
>
> I realized that I had not installed tetex one of my machines when I
> upgraded to 1.3. Now that I am trying to do that, I get an error when
> purging babel and latex. Could anyone help, here are the errors ...
>
> lager# dpkg --purge --force-depends babel
> (Reading database ... 17754 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing 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
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> babel
> lager# dpkg --purge --force-depends latex
> (Reading database ... 17754 files and directories currently installed.)
> 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:
> latex
>
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