dpkg error while purging latex

[Ralf Mueller <ralf@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>]

Executing "dpkg --purge latex" caused an error message as follows:
------------Begin -------------
(Reading database ... 15186 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 1
Building new latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8)
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 latex
-----------End----------------

So at the moment I can't install auctex, because some packages of another
Tex-Distribution are installed and won't go. (The same problem occurs
while executung "dpkg --purge babel". What is the "install-fmt-base"-file,
in which package is it in?

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Ralf Mueller
Aachen, Germany
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