Re: TeTex upgrade problems
Matt Thompson wrote:
>
> OK, multi-part question.
>
> 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this:
>
> running dpkg --pending --configure ...
> Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ...
> /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; set the environment variable or in
> texmf.cnf.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-nonfree:
> tetex-nonfree depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however:
> Package tetex-base is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-nonfree (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-bin:
> tetex-bin depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however:
> Package tetex-base is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-extra:
> tetex-extra depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however:
> Package tetex-base is not configured yet.
> tetex-extra depends on tetex-bin (>= 0.9-1); however:
> Package tetex-bin is not configured yet.
> dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> tetex-base
> tetex-nonfree
> tetex-bin
> tetex-extra
>
> ???
First install tetex-base (you should install dpkg-perl before) and after
that install the rest of the files. So, you have to install tetex
packages in a 2 (or 3) step process: (dpkg-perl,) tetex-base and finally
the rest of the tetex .deb files.
> 2.) What the heck *is* TeX anyway, and are there applications that
> call/use it regularly? Because I have never invoked it for any purpose.
For LaTeX you need TeX.
Ionutz
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