hello, I'm upgrading from 1.2 to bo and at tetex-*'s request am trying to run "dpkg --purge --force-depends latex". This is the response I get:
(Reading database ... 31313 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 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: latex Thanks for any help, -- digger