"R. Wayne McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi,
this is a problem with the old tex installation. Try this: cat > /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base #!/bin/sh exit 0 ^D chmod +x /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base dpkg --purge --force-depends babel dpkg --purge --force-depends latex rm /usr/sbin/install-fmt-base Christoph > > I realized that I had not installed tetex one of my machines when I > upgraded to 1.3. Now that I am trying to do that, I get an error when > purging babel and latex. Could anyone help, here are the errors ... > > lager# dpkg --purge --force-depends babel > (Reading database ... 17754 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing 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 > Errors were encountered while processing: > babel > lager# dpkg --purge --force-depends latex > (Reading database ... 17754 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 > > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | R. Wayne McCorkle Voice: (505) 522-9236 | > | New Mexico State University Fax: (505) 678-9658 | > | Physical Science Laboratory Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Computation and Simulation Division URL: http://essex.nmsu.edu/~rmccorkl | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- ============================================================================ Christoph Martin, Uni-Mainz, Germany Internet-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
