Hiya, I've had trouble replacing latex with the now available tetex. I selected (I believe) all appropriate packages and then tried to install them. The installation script said that I needed to do a "dpkg --purge --force-depends" on a bunch of files which I did. The result is the following:
dpkg: error processing tetex-base_0.4pl6-4.deb (--install): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: tetex-base_0.4pl6-4.deb bash-2.00# dpkg --purge --force-depends babel latex texbin (Reading database ... 31291 files and directories currently installed.) Removing babel ... Purging configuration files for babel ... Building new format(s) without babel support using install-fmt-base(8) /var/lib/dpkg/info/babel.postrm: install-fmt-base: command not found dpkg: error processing babel (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127 dpkg: texbin: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: psfig depends on tex; however: Package tex is not installed. Package texbin which provides tex is to be removed. Removing texbin ... Purging configuration files for texbin ... dpkg: latex: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: revtex depends on latex. 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 127 Building new latex format(s) using install-fmt-base(8) dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: babel latex Everything else seems to have been removed successfully. How can I override this problem or get this "install-fmt-base" command? Thanks. Jesse Goldman
