On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Darxus wrote: > Okay, I was getting this... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-get -f install > Updating package status cache...done > Checking system integrity...dependency error > Correcting dependencies...ok > The following extra packages will be installed: > tetex-base > The following NEW packages will be installed: > tetex-base > 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. > 1 packages not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0b/3498k of archives. After unpacking 15.9M will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > (Reading database ... 56061 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking tetex-base (from tetex-base_0.9.981008-1.deb) ... > > checking for old tex packages ... none. > ** purging old tex files ** > dpkg: error processing tetex-base_0.9.981008-1.deb (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/lib/texmf/doc', which is also in package > bibtool > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Preparing to replace tetex-bin 0.9.981008-1 (using > tetex-bin_0.9.981008-1.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement tetex-bin ... > rm: /usr/lib/texmf/web2c: is a directory > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > rm: /usr/lib/texmf/web2c: is a directory > dpkg: error processing tetex-bin_0.9.981008-1.deb (--unpack): > subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > rm: /usr/lib/texmf/web2c: is a directory > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-base_0.9.981008-1.deb > tetex-bin_0.9.981008-1.deb > E: Sub-process returned an error code
Okay, Greg_W on #debian on irc.debian.org said this: <Greg_W> darxus: a while ago someone mentioned moving the contents of /usr/lib/texmf/web2c to /var/lib/texmf/web2c and making a sym link... So I tried it. I had already downloaded the tetex-bin_0.9.981008-1.deb file from my favorite debian archive, and typed the following: mv /usr/lib/texmf/web2c /tmp ln -s /tmp/web2c//usr/lib/texmf/ dpkg -i --force-overwrite-dir tetex-bin_0.9.981008-1.deb dpkg -r tetex-bin and it WORKED!! I was able to remove tetex-bin. I then went through a few cycles of apt-get -f upgrade's & dpkg -r's, but Greg_W's suggestion got me past the main problem. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-get -f upgrade Updating package status cache...done Checking system integrity...ok 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. sooo nice to see again :) ________________________________________________________________________ ***PGP fingerprint = D5 EB F8 E7 64 55 CF 91 C2 4F E0 4D 18 B6 7C 27*** [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.op.net/~darxus Chaos reigns.