On 20/06/2009, at 12:17, Suren Fernando wrote: > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Monic Polynomial <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 20/06/2009, at 11:57, Suren Fernando wrote: >> >>> I have run into a problem installing tetex (which I need to run >>> TeXmacs). >>> I >>> have checked the archives >>> and found a thread (initiated by Todd Krause) that described a >>> situation >>> similar to mine, but unfortunately >>> what worked for him has not worked for me. >>> >>> Briefly, here is the problem: >>> >>> When I try to install tetex-base I get the following error messages. >>> >>> ... /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-3.0-1005 >>> >>> The first two lines of output for fink --version are >>> >>> Package manager version: 0.27.16 >>> Distribution version: 0.9.0.2 powerpc. >>> >> >> The current package manager version is 0.29.7, and your distribution >> version shows you're using the (rather old) point release. It might >> be a >> good idea to use a more recent distribution, for example by running >> fink >> selfupdate-rsync. But... >> >> My computer is a PowerPC G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.7. >>> >>> As suggested by Alex Hansen in the thread that I referred to >>> earlier, I >>> ran >>> >>> fink selfupdate >>> fink selfupdate-rsync >>> fink index -f >>> fink selfupdate, >>> >>> followed by a further attempt to install tetex-base, to no avail. >>> >> >> ...that's odd. Your output above (Distribution version:) shows >> you're not >> using rsync at all. What's the value of the SelfUpdateMethod field >> in your >> /sw/etc/fink.conf file? >> > Thank you for getting back to me. The value of the SelfUpdateMethod > field > is "point".
What's the output when you run that sequence of four commands suggested by Alexander? It's also described in Fink's FAQ, and it's known to work: http://www.finkproject.org/faq/upgrade-fink.php?phpLang=en If the output is too long, send it to my e-mail address but not to the mailing list. Cheers, -- monipol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
