There is a serious problem/bug in dpkg that prevents the correct
removal of the old tex packages and then the installation of tetex.
dpkg can't handle multiple packages which are to be replaced.
So, do the following:
- Purge all the old tex packages which are replaced by tetex. (E.g. go
On 6 Jan 1997, James LewisMoss wrote:
> I'm not in any way involved with NTeX development, but I have installed
> it on SGIs, Ultrix, and DecUnix machines (as well as Linux) and while
> the earlier NTeX distribs were fairly difficult, the latest comes with
> precompiled binaries for many different
On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Chow Chi-Ming wrote:
> I thought the ``provides'' field should contain ONLY the ``agreed''
> (discussed in debian-devel) virtual package names. Does dpkg work if
> the virtual package names are not official?
>
Obviously it does here without problems. Sorry, i don't know of thi
> "Paul" == Paul Seelig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> --cut-here---
Paul> You just have to append the following lines to
Paul> "/var/lib/dpkg/status":
I thought the ``provides'' field should contain ONLY the ``agreed''
(discussed in
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> promised that this release will be a 100% uptodate as well. :-) Maybe you
> should really wait for the brandnew teTeX before you bother about
If it is just a week or two I'll rather wait. I like what I hear :)
Someone actually told me that I should install
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
> Then I guess I should be installing teTeX as well. I need to do some
> TeX'ing but the standard Debian TeX package always seems to come up with
> a new problem once I fixed one.
>
Then you'll be really happy with teTeX! Today i had a notice by Thomas
Es
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Paul Seelig wrote:
> Very good idea! The advantage of teTex is that it is complete with all
> bells and whistles described in the LaTeX Book and the LaTeX Companion
> and that it is an implementation which adheres to the TDS (TeX Directory
Then I guess I should be installing
On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Jonas Bofjall wrote:
> I tried searching around for teTeX whis morning, and I found a lot of
> FTP-sites carrying the files, I also found the maintainer's address and
> the mailing-list. BUT do you know if there is a teTeX web-page somewhere,
> where some general information, m
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:
> Given my current frustration in
> dealing with the demands/complaints from the users regarding the TeX
> stuff that is presently on this machine (standard Debian 1.2 packages),
> I want to try out TeTeX.
>
Very good idea! The advantage of teTex
Hello Debianites.
I've seen discussions regarding this issue before. I have a Debian
machine at work which needs to be a reliable platform for Scientific
documment processing in TeX/LaTeX. Given my current frustration in
dealing with the demands/complaints from the users regarding the TeX
st
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