Do you have system-tetex installed? You shouldn't if you are going to install tetex through fink--it's a placeholder that you install if you've installed tetex yourself (in /usr/local, usually). If you do have system-tetex installed, then uninstall it, and try again to update.
-- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University Levitated Dipole Experiment MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ryan Scott Elliott wrote: > Here is what I get.... > > [dhcp-fxb7:~] elliottr% sudo apt-get update > Password: > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net release/main Packages > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net release/main Release > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net release/crypto Packages > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net release/crypto Release > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net current/main Packages > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net current/main Release > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net current/crypto Packages > Hit http://fink.sourceforge.net current/crypto Release > Reading Package Lists.(from > .../system-tetex_20010808-7_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > > You don't a valid teTeX installation; you were missing > /usr/local/teTeX/lib/libkpathsea.a > /usr/local/teTeX/include/kpathsea/tex-file.h > /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf > > Install the tetex-texmf and tetex-base packages instead, > or install teTeX manually from > http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html > and then retry installing the system-tetex package. > > dpkg: error processing > /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/system-tetex_20010808-7_darwin-powerpc.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/system-tetex_20010808-7_darwin-powerpc.deb > E: Sub-process /sw/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > Any Ideas? > > Thanks > Ryan > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Alexander Hansen wrote: > > > According to my system tetex-texmf is indeed available in binary form. > > > > Have you updated your package listings (these get updated much more > > frequently than major version releases are made)? Do a 'sudo apt-get > > update' and see if you can proceed. > _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
