On 6/26/06, Jean-Louis Monin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear alexkhansen > > I am sorry to bother you with this but I don't see anything else I can do > now but asking your advice.
I'm forwarding this onto the Fink lists because none of these are my packages and there will be more people who can help there. > I am using Mac OSX 10.4.6 and I wanted to implement the latest version of > fink 0.8.1 > > I had a previous installation of fink so I removed the sw/ directory and > performed a 'fresh' installation using the 0.8.1 installer. Why? You don't get any newer versions than if you've been updating your packages normally within Fink. > The installation was successful and then I used fink-commander to install > further packages. Some of these other packages installed correctly. > > at some point, the installation of some packages failed. For instance, I > wanted to install a game, and I had the following errors : > > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > The following NEW packages will be installed: > xinvaders > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. > 4 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 49.2kB of archives. After unpacking 139kB will be used. > Get:1 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main xinvaders 2.1.2-2 > [49.2kB] > Fetched 49.2kB in 11s (4134B/s) > Selecting previously deselected package xinvaders. > (Reading database ... 29788 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking xinvaders (from .../xinvaders_2.1.2-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Setting up tetex-base (3.0-1001) ... > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > + UPGRADE PROBLEM: We apologize for the inconvenience, but please reinstall > + > + tetex-texmf and then update or install tetex or tetex-base again. > + > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of latex2html: > latex2html depends on tetex-base; however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > Package tetex-base which provides tetex-base is not configured yet. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing latex2html (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of xdvi: > xdvi depends on tetex-base (>= 2.0.1-1); however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing xdvi (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex: > tetex depends on tetex-base (= 3.0-1001); however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Setting up xinvaders (2.1.2-2) ... > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-base > latex2html > xdvi > tetex > E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > I admit I don't see why this installation relates to tetex, You tried to install tetex at some point and dpkg really wants to finish that. but then I tried > to follow the advice given in the message, and I tried many times to run > 'fink self-update', Did you do "fink update-all" after that? then 'remove tetex' (just in case), but the system saif > it wasn't installed, then 'install tetex', etc etc and here I am : > completely lost. > > below you'll find some other messages obtained after some of the actions I > tried to perform. > Maybe the best would be to erase sw/ again and to start evetything again but > maybe there is a bug hidden somewhere or something more clever to do before > that. > No, you don't need to do that. Try sudo dpkg -r tetex-base latex2html xdvi tetex The problem is that fink and dpkg have different standards: a package can be partially installed under the latter. > I would very much appreciate your help if you can, > > thank you ! > > sincerely, > > Jean-Louis Monin > > ---- > > fink update tetex-base > Information about 2042 packages read in 3 seconds. > The following package will be installed or updated: > tetex-base > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i > /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_3.0-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 29788 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace tetex-base 3.0-1001 (using > .../tetex-base_3.0-1001_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > install-info(web2c.info): no entry for file `web2c'. > install-info(dvips.info): no entry for file `dvips'. > install-info(latex.info): no entry for file `latex'. > Removing any leftover files from obsolete teTeX installations ... > Unpacking replacement tetex-base ... > Setting up tetex-base (3.0-1001) ... > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > + UPGRADE PROBLEM: We apologize for the inconvenience, but please reinstall > + > + tetex-texmf and then update or install tetex or tetex-base again. > + > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-base > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package tetex-base-3.0-1001 > > > > > ******************************************************** > * Prof. Universite Joseph Fourier > * > * Membre de l'Institut Universitaire de France > * > * Laboratoire d'Astrophysique > * Observatoire de Grenoble > * BP 53 - 38041 Grenoble - FRANCE > * > * tel: 33 - (0)4 76 51 42 14 (remove the '0' if foreign call) > * Cell : 33 - (0)6 08 61 63 80 > * fax: (33) 04 76 44 88 21 > * Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * URL : http://www-laog.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/~monin > ******************************************************** > > -- Alexander K. 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