On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 16:46:30 +0100 Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 16:42:34 +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > >I had added TeXLive for Debian for my Etch.install, all worked > >well, until an upgrade. > > > >So I decided to remove TeXLive again and install Tetex, but now > >aptitude seems to be caught in a trap. How do I get aptitude > >free? > > > >This is the output from aptitude: > >Extracting templates from packages: 100% > >Preconfiguring packages ... > >(Reading database ... 156744 files and directories currently > >installed.) Removing dvipdfmx ... > >/var/lib/dpkg/info/dvipdfmx.postrm: line 5: > >/usr/sbin/update-texmf: No such file or directory > >/var/lib/dpkg/info/dvipdfmx.postrm: line 6: /usr/bin/mktexlsr: No > >such file or directory > >dpkg: error processing dvipdfmx (--purge): > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127 > > Removing preview-latex-style ... > > /var/lib/dpkg/info/preview-latex-style.postrm: line 29: > > mktexlsr: command not found > > dpkg: error processing preview-latex-style (--purge): > > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > dvipdfmx > > preview-latex-style > > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > A package failed to install. Trying to recover: > > Press return to continue. > > > >In order to remove dvipdfmx dpkg runs update-texmf and mktexlsr > >-- but these are no longer on the machine. How do I get these > >programs away or how do I solve this problem? > > Can you re-install them? > > Otherwise it's often possible to apply more force through using > dpkg directly :-) > > /M In the aptitude command line interface, use the "-h" option for help. You'll notice the -f option (Aggressively try to fix broken packages.) It will often work. To completely remove a package, try the "purge" action (Remove packages and their configuration files). -- Raquel ============================================================ Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control. --Denis Diderot
