Well, I had tried that, but it would fail with exactly the same message. It turned out that I had a temporary environment variable that was confusing teTeX, and it would look for files in the wrong place. By cleaning that up, everything worked fine.
Cheers, Marcus On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > What happens if you try just installing tetex-base first? > > Alexander K. Hansen > Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus > Silva > Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Fink-beginners] Problems re-installing tetex > > Hello, > > I had installed fink and tetex (through fink) a little while back (2 > weeks or so), but I managed to botch my tetex installation, and since I > was unable to fix my mistake (removing and re-installing tetex did not > work), I went the simple and stupid way and decided to delete /sw and > start from scratch. I re-installed fink sucessfully, re-installed a few > other things through fink sucessfully (e.g. everything I needed for > graphviz), but whenever I try to install tetex, installation aborts with > the following message: > > <quote> > Selecting previously deselected package tetex. > (Reading database ... 21967 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking tetex (from .../tetex_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Selecting previously deselected package tetex-base. > Unpacking tetex-base (from .../tetex-base_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Removing any leftover files from obsolete teTeX installations ... > Selecting previously deselected package tetex-shlibs. > Unpacking tetex-shlibs (from .../tetex-shlibs_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) > ... > Selecting previously deselected package tetex-dev. > Unpacking tetex-dev (from .../tetex-dev_2.0.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Setting up tetex-shlibs (2.0.2-2) ... > Setting up tetex-dev (2.0.2-2) ... > Setting up tetex-base (2.0.2-2) ... > mktexlsr: Updating /sw/share/texmf/ls-R... > mktexlsr: Done. > fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. > dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex: > tetex depends on tetex-base (= 2.0.2-2); however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing tetex (--install): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-base > tetex > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't batch-install packages: > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/tetex_2.0.2-2_darwin-p > owerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/tetex-base_2.0.2-2_dar > win-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/tetex-shlibs_2.0.2-2_d > arwin-powerpc.deb > /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/text/tetex-dev_2.0.2-2_darw > in-powerpc.deb > </quote> > > (This, by the way, is the same message I got when I first tried to remove > and re-install tetex without removing fink, and that is why I deleted /sw > and re-installed fink) > > Has anyone seen this before? What is this class file I need and where > can I get it? How come fink knows tetex had been previousl "deselected"? I > deleted to /sw directory according to the FAQ, so there should be no trace > of my previous fink installation. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > -- > Marcus > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including > Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. > Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. > http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
