Re: Problems with aptitude, replacing tetex with texlive

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

Søren Christensen wrote:
> I sent this earlier, but I haven't seen it on the list.

Please don't start a new thread with the same problem within a few 
hours. It will confuse people trying to help you.

> Aptitude output:
> (Reading database ... 195256 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing dvipdfmx ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/dvipdfmx.postrm: line 6: /usr/bin/mktexlsr: No such
> file or directory
> dpkg: error processing dvipdfmx (--remove):
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
>  dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--remove):
>   Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>    reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>    terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::logic_error'
>      what():  basic_string::_S_construct NULL not valid
>      Ouch!  Got SIGABRT, dying..
>      Aborted

Have you actually tried to follow dpkg's recommendation to reinstall 
before removing?