On 20/06/2009, at 11:57, Suren Fernando wrote: > I have run into a problem installing tetex (which I need to run > TeXmacs). I > have checked the archives > and found a thread (initiated by Todd Krause) that described a > situation > similar to mine, but unfortunately > what worked for him has not worked for me. > > Briefly, here is the problem: > > When I try to install tetex-base I get the following error messages. > > ... /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing tetex-base (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > tetex-base > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package tetex-base-3.0-1005 > > The first two lines of output for fink --version are > > Package manager version: 0.27.16 > Distribution version: 0.9.0.2 powerpc.
The current package manager version is 0.29.7, and your distribution version shows you're using the (rather old) point release. It might be a good idea to use a more recent distribution, for example by running fink selfupdate-rsync. But... > My computer is a PowerPC G4 running Mac OS X 10.5.7. > > As suggested by Alex Hansen in the thread that I referred to > earlier, I ran > > fink selfupdate > fink selfupdate-rsync > fink index -f > fink selfupdate, > > followed by a further attempt to install tetex-base, to no avail. ...that's odd. Your output above (Distribution version:) shows you're not using rsync at all. What's the value of the SelfUpdateMethod field in your /sw/etc/fink.conf file? Cheers, -- monipol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Are you an open source citizen? Join us for the Open Source Bridge conference! Portland, OR, June 17-19. Two days of sessions, one day of unconference: $250. Need another reason to go? 24-hour hacker lounge. Register today! http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;215844324;13503038;v?http://opensourcebridge.org _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
