Ralf Mueller wrote:
>
> Executing "dpkg --purge latex" caused an error message as follows:
> ------------Begin -------------
> (Reading database ... 15186 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing latex ...
> Removing latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8)
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/latex.prerm: install-fmt-base: command not found
> dpkg: error processing latex (--purge):
> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
> Building new latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8)
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> latex
> -----------End----------------
>
> So at the moment I can't install auctex, because some packages of another
> Tex-Distribution are installed and won't go. (The same problem occurs
> while executung "dpkg --purge babel". What is the "install-fmt-base"-file,
> in which package is it in?
>
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Hi Ralf,
I had the same problem and the source was that
/usr/sbin/install-fmt-base had already been removed by dselect. dpkg
--purge latex requires install-fmt-base in the
/var/lib/dpkg/info/latex.prerm script. I edited this script commenting
out the
set -e line as follows:
-#! /bin/sh
# Copyright (c) 1996 Erick Branderhorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; GPL'd.
# set -e
ini=/usr/lib/texmf/ini
if [ "$1" = "remove" -o "$1" = "purge" ];
then
echo "Removing latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8)"
for f in ${ini}/*latex*.initex; do
if [ -f ${ini}/`basename $f .initex`.fmt ];
then
install-fmt-base --remove `basename $f .initex`
fi
done
fi
When I ran this script by hand that is when I found that
install-fmt-base was already deleated. If you need a copy of
install-fmt-base write to me and I will post it on my ftp site.
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