Dear David,

On Thu, 27 Aug 2009, David Reiser wrote:

>
> 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]
>
Wonderful, that did the trick. Thanks a lot.

Best wishes,

-- 
Peter Young
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