Ok. The problem was apparently a dpkg one. I purged and reinstalled the tetex packages and it worked fine. Thanks to those who responded.
I'm still confused as to why "locate" would report a nonexistent file in a directory which is empty, tho. Does it read the packages file or something? Will ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cis.udel.edu/~lowe/ For PGP Public Key, visit my website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .