Ingo Thies wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to this mailing list. I am working at the Bonn University and > using Mac OS-X since December 2005 (although I am using Fink since then I > would still call me a beginner since I rarely had to do with solving > problems with Fink). I am using the stable tree. > > A few days ago I have experienced a strange error during fink update-all: > > --------------- cut here ---------------------- > Reading buildlock packages... > Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies! > > Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be able > to fix things by running: > > fink scanpackages > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install system-tetex=20010808-14 > > Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies > ---------------- cut here ---------------------- > > I have tried to follow the advices shown above, but this leads to other > problems with unresolvable dependencies and finally to an incomplete > de-installation of the tetex package (I successfully re-installed tetex, > but now I am back on the point where I begun). > > Did anybody have similar experiences and possibly a solution? And what is > this "placeholder package for manually installed tetex" actually used for? > Why does preview-latex require it? Isn't there any way to force it's > installation with keeping the existing tetex (the complete installation > package)? > > Actually, I have never really used preview-latex on other platforms > (Debian Linux; I normally use self-written scripts for TeXing and > an open xdvi window for display), so it wouldn's really matter to me to > simply skip it. But how could I tell Fink not to try to install > preview-latex (which repeatedly terminates the update-all process and > forces me to install the remaining packages manually)? > > If possible, I would like to avoid a complete re-installation of all the > Fink stuff. > > Thx for any hints > > Ingo > > The problem here is that the current version of auctex (that builds preview-latex) was added to the stable tree without having all of its dependencies there: it depends on tetex3-base, which is provided by the versions of ptex and tetex in the unstable tree but not those in the stable tree.
If you remove auctex, at least temporarily, you can do an update-all. -- Alexander K. Hansen (akh) Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
