Hmm, while tring to install the build dependencies for aptitude I got the same message, though I used apt-get:
corn:~# apt-get -q build-dep aptitude Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... The following packages will be REMOVED: preview-latex-style texlive texlive-context texlive-doc-en texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-recommended texlive-metapost texlive-pdfetex texlive-pstricks tipa The following NEW packages will be installed: docbook-xsl libapt-pkg-dev libcppunit-1.12-0 libcppunit-dev libncursesw5-dev libsgmls-perl libsigc++-2.0-dev libsp1c2 po4a sp 0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 12 to remove and 58 not upgraded. 12 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 4440kB of archives. After unpacking 181MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Get:1 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main docbook-xsl 1.70.1.dfsg.1-0.2 [1208kB] Get:2 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libapt-pkg-dev 0.6.45 [82.7kB] Get:3 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libcppunit-1.12-0 1.12.0-1 [112kB] Get:4 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libcppunit-dev 1.12.0-1 [222kB] Get:5 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libncursesw5-dev 5.5-2 [438kB] Get:6 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libsgmls-perl 1.03ii-31 [29.3kB] Get:7 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libsigc++-2.0-dev 2.0.16-3 [141kB] Get:8 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main libsp1c2 1.3.4-1.2.1-47 [1345kB] Get:9 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main sp 1.3.4-1.2.1-47 [176kB] Get:10 http://debian.betterworld.us testing/main po4a 0.27.2-1 [685kB] Fetched 4440kB in 32s (138kB/s) Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline 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 Aborted corn:~# (Reading database ... 155709 files and directories currently installed.) Removing texlive ... corn:~# At any rate, since that didn't work I'll try to build the debug packages on another system. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
