On Aug 27, 2009, at 1:51 PM, Peter Young wrote: > Dear Alexander, > > On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> Peter Young wrote: >>> Dear Alexander, >>> >>> On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>> >>>> Peter Young wrote: >>>>> I just got a new MacPro, set it up, and installed some fink >>>>> software, >>>>> but had trouble with tetex. I did the following >>>>> >>>>> downloaded and installed fink >>>>> downloaded and installed finkcommander >>>>> ran selfupdate >>>>> ran update-all >>>>> >>>>> downloaded binary version of tetex using finkcommander and got the >>>>> following error message. >>>>> >>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure): >>>>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 >>>>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex: >>>>> tetex depends on tetex-base (= 3.0-1005); however: >>>>> Package tetex-base is not configured yet. >>>>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex (--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 >>>>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>>>> tetex-base >>>>> tetex >>>>> xdvi >>>>> E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >>>>> >>>>> >>>> That's not the real error; it's a symptom of the error. >>>> >>>>> Is there anything I can do to correct this? >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>> The binary tetex packages don't work properly now due to changes >>>> in some >>>> of the system-installed stuff. >>>> >>>> You'll need to install via source via the following sequence of >>>> commands: >>>> >>>> 1) Install Xcode 3.1.3 >>>> 2) Run the following: >>>> fink index -f >>>> fink selfupdate-rsync >>>> fink install tetex-base >>>> >>>> You can replace selfupdate-rsync with selfupdate-cvs if you >>>> prefer. And >>>> everything but "fink index -f" has a Fink Commander analog. >>>> >>>> You shouldn't need to do "fink index -f" anymore after this. >>>> >>> Thank you for your prompt response, >>> >>> I had already installed the Xcode from the distribution, and so, >>> from >>> the command line, I did >>> >>> sudo fink index -f >>> sudo fink selfupdate-rsync >>> >> You don't ever need to use 'sudo' before a fink command. It's >> harmless >> to do so, but unnecessary. >>> (the latter took some time but went to completion). >>> >>> Then, >>> >>> sudo fink install tetex-base >>> >>> gave the following error message: >>> >>> Information about 4361 packages read in 0 seconds. >>> Can't resolve dependency "fink (>= 0.28.0)" for package >>> "gettext-tools-0.14.5-4" (no >>> matching packages/versions found) >>> Exiting with failure. >>> >> My bad: I tried to give you a shorter set of operations to perform >> than >> is in the FAQ entry on this: >> >> http://www.finkproject.org/faq/upgrade-fink.php?phpLang=en#leopard-bindist2 >> >> Do another "fink index -f" followed by "fink selfupdate" and you >> should >> be good to go. >>> Afterwards I realized how to check the version of Xcode, and found >>> that >>> it is 3.1.2. Is it critical to get 3.1.3? >>> >> Not for this issue. 3.1.3 has some fixes to help in building X11- >> based >> packages, particularly GTK, though. >>> I also tried to install the source using finkcommander. There I >>> did not >>> find tetex-base but rather tetex3-base. >> That's a virtual package-not a real one. >>> I tried to install this but, >>> after accepting the default answer to a couple of questions I got >>> the >>> following message: >>> >>> Information about 4361 packages read in 0 seconds. >>> Can't resolve dependency "fink (>= 0.28.0)" for package >>> "gettext-tools-0.14.5-4" (no >>> matching packages/versions found) >>> Exiting with failure. >>> >>> Is there something else I should do? Should I just remove the >>> directory /sw and start from scratch? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >> The additional "fink index -f" followed by "fink selfupdate" will >> solve >> the issue. This is a one-time only update hiccup. >> > Still a problem, I'm afraid. I did > > sudo fink index -f > sudo fink selfupdate > sudo fink install tetex-base > > and, after a much shorter amount of time than last time, I got the > error > message: > > /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-3.0-1006 > > Best wishes, > > -- > Peter Young
There's one other thing to try because of the latex expiration date hassle: fink update tetex-texmf then try installing tetex-base. An older tetex-texmf can block a new tetex-base install (it's a long story...) Dave -- David Reiser [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
