Re: Error installing texlive-base
On Thu 14 Oct 2021 at 11:57:05 (-0300), Victor Hugo Muñoz wrote:
>
> I'm having problems installing texlive in my PC. I'm using unstable
> here.
>
> Everything started a couple of days ago, when I needed the package
> physics.sty. I had to install texlive-science. But dependences came
> in, and somehow I got a lot of configuration errors, and installation
> was not completed. I uninstalled all texlive related packages I could
> see, trying to make a fresh start. I think the problem is with
> texlive-base.
>
> I have all its dependencies installed and updated (tex-common,
> texlive-binaries, etc.), and I'm attemting to install texlive-base
> only. I get this:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Performing actions...
> Retrieving bug reports... Done
> Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> (Reading database ... 217166 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to unpack .../texlive-base_2021.20210921-1_all.deb ...
> dpkg: error processing archive
> /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-base_2021.20210921-1_all.deb
> (--unpack):
> conffile name 'remove-on-upgrade /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/config/config' is
> not an absolute pathname
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-base_2021.20210921-1_all.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> Press Return to continue, 'q' followed by Return to quit.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> In case it helps, /etc/texmf only contains texmf.d and web2c
>
> I don't know where to go from here, so any help will be appreciated.
I'm still running buster, but what that /looks/ like to me is that
you're running a version of dpkg that is, as yet, ignorant of the
?new flags in packages' lists of conffiles.
I say flags, but the only one defined is exactly the one you've
observed: remove-on-upgrade. So I'm guessing that a naïve dpkg
would think that is supposed to process "remove-on-upgrade" as
a conffile name, and complains.
Cheers,
David.
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