Matt Thompson wrote: > > OK, multi-part question. > > 1.) Just upgraded my hamm dist., got this: > > running dpkg --pending --configure ... > Setting up tetex-base (0.9-6) ... > /usr/bin/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN; set the environment variable or in > texmf.cnf. > dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-nonfree: > tetex-nonfree depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing tetex-nonfree (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-bin: > tetex-bin depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing tetex-bin (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tetex-extra: > tetex-extra depends on tetex-base (>= 0.9-1); however: > Package tetex-base is not configured yet. > tetex-extra depends on tetex-bin (>= 0.9-1); however: > Package tetex-bin is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing tetex-extra (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-base > tetex-nonfree > tetex-bin > tetex-extra > > ??? First install tetex-base (you should install dpkg-perl before) and after that install the rest of the files. So, you have to install tetex packages in a 2 (or 3) step process: (dpkg-perl,) tetex-base and finally the rest of the tetex .deb files. > 2.) What the heck *is* TeX anyway, and are there applications that > call/use it regularly? Because I have never invoked it for any purpose. For LaTeX you need TeX.
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