Re: [Fink-users] Failed: can't install package wxmaxima-mac-16.04.0-1

[Alexander Hansen]

> On Jun 11, 2016, at 03:36, Sean Lake  wrote:
> 
> I just tried using dpkg to remove wxmaxima-mac, and this is what it said:
> 
> sudo dpkg --purge wxmaxima-mac
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing wxmaxima-mac (--purge):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> wxmaxima-mac
> 
> So, I give up. I'm going to erase the Fink install and start from scratch, 
> making sure to remove that directory in /Applications/
> 
> Could you add a configuration option to keep fink confined to its install 
> dir? I like the convenience of being able to uninstall by erasing /sw/. If 
> that's not possible, then some sort of "uninstall all of fink" command that 
> handles all of the package removal scripts automatically would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean Lake
> 

No, we probably won’t be doing a configuration option like that.  
/Applications/Fink contains just a bunch of symlinks to the real app bundle 
folders in /sw/Applications, to make it easier for users to run those.  At 
best, having a dangling symlink in /Applications/Fink will prevent a package 
from being installed because the post install scripts won’t overwrite such a 
symlink.

Your errors were with _real_ files in /sw:  "rm: 
/sw/Applications/wxMaxima.app/Contents/PkgInfo: No such file or directory"
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

I’m not sure what caused that, since the current pre-removal script for 
wxmaxima* looks like:

$ cat /sw/var/lib/dpkg/info/wxmaxima-mac.prerm
#!/bin/sh
# prerm script for package wxmaxima-mac, auto-created by fink

set -e


# generated from InfoDocs directive
if [ -f /sw/share/info/dir ]; then
/sw/sbin/install-info --infodir=/sw/share/info --remove wxmaxima.info
fi

exit 0

I.e., no mention of /sw/Applications/wxMaxima.app/Contents/PkgInfo.  I’d have 
been curious to see what the contents of yours was, but I guess it’s too late 
now.  Removing the “set -e” declaration in one of these scripts can be a way 
around stuck installs/removes, because the script won’t throw an error when a 
command fails.

A “remove all of Fink” script would be “sudo rm -rf /sw /Applications/Fink”. 

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison


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Re: [Fink-users] Failed: can't install package wxmaxima-mac-16.04.0-1

[Sean Lake]

I just tried using dpkg to remove wxmaxima-mac, and this is what it said:

sudo dpkg --purge wxmaxima-mac
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing wxmaxima-mac (--purge):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 wxmaxima-mac

So, I give up. I'm going to erase the Fink install and start from scratch, 
making sure to remove that directory in /Applications/

Could you add a configuration option to keep fink confined to its install dir? 
I like the convenience of being able to uninstall by erasing /sw/. If that's 
not possible, then some sort of "uninstall all of fink" command that handles 
all of the package removal scripts automatically would be helpful.

Thanks,
Sean Lake

> On Jun 9, 2016, at 21:41, Sean Lake  wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> The installation of wxmaxima-mac is failing on one of my systems. Here's the 
> error text:
> 
> sudo fink reinstall wxmaxima-mac
> Information about 9367 packages read in 1 seconds.
> The following package will be reinstalled:
> wxmaxima-mac
> Reading buildlock packages...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i 
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
> (Reading database ... 220679 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace wxmaxima-mac 16.04.0-1 (using 
> .../wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
> install-info(wxmaxima.info): no entry for file `wxmaxima'.
> rm: /sw/Applications/wxMaxima.app/Contents/PkgInfo: No such file or directory
> dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> install-info(wxmaxima.info): no entry for file `wxmaxima'.
> rm: /sw/Applications/wxMaxima.app/Contents/PkgInfo: No such file or directory
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing 
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
>  (--install):
> subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> * wxMaxima: (wxMaxima). A gui for a computer algebra system.
> install-info(/sw/share/info/wxmaxima.info): replacing existing dir entry for 
> `wxMaxima'
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package wxmaxima-mac-16.04.0-1
> 
> I've tried various combinations of purging, rebuilding, installing, etc the 
> package, but nothing works. I've even tried deleting the file that gets left 
> sitting around, the symlink at /Applications/Fink/wxMaxima.app. The current 
> status of the package is:
> 
> Status: install reinstreq half-configured
> 
> The output of fink --version is:
> Package manager version: 0.39.3
> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Thu Jun  9 21:12:45 2016, 10.10, x86_64
> Trees: local/main stable/main
> 
> I think the origin of this problem lies in the fact that when software 
> against which I build gets updated (eg XCode, X11), I delete the entire /sw/ 
> tree and start from scratch. The problem is that I forget to delete 
> /Applications/Fink, too, and that causes an install failure for wxmaxima-mac. 
> On another system, I was able to delete the detritus in /Applications/, and 
> the install worked fine. I'm not sure why that step is failing on this other 
> machine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean Lake


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[Fink-users] Failed: can't install package wxmaxima-mac-16.04.0-1

[Sean Lake]

Hello all,

The installation of wxmaxima-mac is failing on one of my systems. Here's the 
error text:

sudo fink reinstall wxmaxima-mac
Information about 9367 packages read in 1 seconds.
The following package will be reinstalled:
 wxmaxima-mac
Reading buildlock packages...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
(Reading database ... 220679 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace wxmaxima-mac 16.04.0-1 (using 
.../wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
install-info(wxmaxima.info): no entry for file `wxmaxima'.
rm: /sw/Applications/wxMaxima.app/Contents/PkgInfo: No such file or directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
install-info(wxmaxima.info): no entry for file `wxmaxima'.
rm: /sw/Applications/wxMaxima.app/Contents/PkgInfo: No such file or directory
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
 (--install):
 subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
* wxMaxima: (wxMaxima). A gui for a computer algebra system.
install-info(/sw/share/info/wxmaxima.info): replacing existing dir entry for 
`wxMaxima'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 
/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/sci/wxmaxima-mac_16.04.0-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
Failed: can't install package wxmaxima-mac-16.04.0-1

I've tried various combinations of purging, rebuilding, installing, etc the 
package, but nothing works. I've even tried deleting the file that gets left 
sitting around, the symlink at /Applications/Fink/wxMaxima.app. The current 
status of the package is:

Status: install reinstreq half-configured

The output of fink --version is:
Package manager version: 0.39.3
Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Thu Jun  9 21:12:45 2016, 10.10, x86_64
Trees: local/main stable/main

I think the origin of this problem lies in the fact that when software against 
which I build gets updated (eg XCode, X11), I delete the entire /sw/ tree and 
start from scratch. The problem is that I forget to delete /Applications/Fink, 
too, and that causes an install failure for wxmaxima-mac. On another system, I 
was able to delete the detritus in /Applications/, and the install worked fine. 
I'm not sure why that step is failing on this other machine.

Thanks,
Sean Lake
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