Thanks for the instructions. Partly successful, but still troubles.
> 1. find out which tex packages are installed, according to the Fink tools: I find the lists with the following flags: iU texlive 0.20080816-1 iF texlive-base 0.20080816-1 ii texlive-texmf 0.20080822-1 in tetex-texmf 3.0-2 ii libkpathsea4 3.5.7-1 ii libkpathsea4-s 3.5.7-1 [Btw, what does these flags mean?] > 2. Then remove all these packages I got a message that "ignoring request to remove tetex-texmf which isn't installed." I could remove texlive and texlive-texmf But not texlive-base. It complained about a command update-alternatives:- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Removing texlive-base ... /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-base.prerm: line 8: update-alternatives: command not found /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--purge): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit st atus 127 /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-base.postinst: line 7: update-alternatives: command not found dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: texlive-base !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However, when I did dpkg -l again, I only could see tetex-texmf, texlive-base was not present. Similarly, I could remove libkpathsea4, but not libkpathsea4-s, which dpkg ignored like tetex-texmf (confusing -- the flags aren't same for both). [Snowflake:~]% dpkg -l \*libkpathsea4\* | egrep '^i' ii libkpathsea4-s 3.5.7-1 [Snowflake:~]% dpkg -l \*texlive\* \*tetex\* | egrep '^i' in tetex-texmf 3.0-2 > 3. Finally reinstall texlive: > fink install texlive texlive-texmf libkpathsea4 So I am not sure whether the cleaning up was complete. If not I do not know how to go pass these error messages. Nevertheless I tried to install texlive using the above command, and it returned with the same error message on fmtutil.cnf and dpkg-lock. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
