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 *==================================================================* * Address : Physics Department, University of California, * * : Santa Cruz, CA 95064 * * e-mail : [email protected] * * WWW : http://physics.ucsc.edu/~peter * * Tel. : (831) 459-4151, messages (2329), Fax : (831) 459-3043 * *==================================================================* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
