Thanks Norbert, that worked perfectly. I still hope it gets fixed for the future, as it seems strange that a configuration file in a home directory can throw off the whole apt process.
Joe -- Problems installing/uninstalling multiple texlive packages https://launchpad.net/bugs/85252 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
