On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 14:53:42 +0200, Christoph Egger wrote: > octave-info fails to install: > > $ dpkg -i octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb 2>&1 | tee /tmp/octave > dpkg: considering removing octave3.2-info in favour of octave-info ... > dpkg: yes, will remove octave3.2-info in favour of octave-info > (Reading database ... 608326 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb ... > install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information. > dpkg: error processing archive octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb (--install): > subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > octave-info_3.8.2-4_all.deb
Hmm, looks to me like you have remnants of octave3.2-info on your system that shouldn't be there. Installing octave-info is attempting to replace octave3.2-info and run its obsolete prerm. This package should have been purged after squeeze and before the install-info transition period was completed in jessie. Can you create a local install-info wrapper script in your $PATH before /usr/bin/install-info and purge octave3.2-info and try installing again? See for example [1]. See [2] for full details on the install-info transition. Anyway, I can install octave-info on a clean system without any octave* packages installed, I think you'll have success when octave3.2-info is purged first. [1] http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/146393/16840 [2] https://wiki.debian.org/Transitions/DpkgToGnuInstallInfo -- mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
