Think nothing of it--the switch from tetex-1 to tetex-2 was more difficult than usual.
The functionality of context is also provided in tetex-2, so you can remove it, and then you can remove pdftex. After that you should be able to update tetex-base and tetex-texmf (rather than trying to remove them). On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 11:06, James A. Smith wrote: > I hate to be a pest, but I'm running into more problems while trying to > purge some of these packages. Fink is refusing to remove these packages, > due to dependency problems. > > I get dependency errors while trying to get rid of pdftex (dpkg: > dependency problems prevent removal of pdftex: context depends on pdftex > (>= 20010417-9)) and tetex-texmf (dpkg: dependency problems prevent > removal of tetex-texmf: tetex-base depends on tetex-texmf (>= 2.0-1); > however: Package tetex-texmf is to be removed.) > > When I try to remove tetex-base, I'm told that > > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of tetex-base: > hyperref depends on tetex-base (>= 1.0-12). > pdftex depends on tetex-base (>= 1.0-12). > context depends on tetex-base (>= 1.0-12). > dvipdfm depends on tetex-base (>= 1.0-12). > oberdiek depends on tetex-base (>= 1.0-12). > context depends on tetex-base (>= 1.0-12). > dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--purge): > dependency problems - not removing > > When I try to remove bundle-tetex (I figured that this should include > all of the tetex-related files) I'm told > Nope--it installs the files (by depending on them) but won't uninstall them. > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove bundle-tetex which isn't > installed. > > I seem to be running around in circles with these dependency problems. > Any hints as to where I should go from here? > > I've included the original error message from pdftex below. > > Thanks! > > James > <snip> > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > Levitated Dipole Experiment > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SlickEdit Inc. Develop an edge. The most comprehensive and flexible code editor you can use. Code faster. C/C++, C#, Java, HTML, XML, many more. FREE 30-Day Trial. www.slickedit.com/sourceforge _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
