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tex-common package

package tex-common 1.20 failed to install/upgrade:

Bug #485466 reported by dlebauer on 2009-11-19

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #228334: package texlive-base 2007-13 failed to install/upgrade: updmap-sys failed. Edit Remove

This bug affects 7 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	tex-common (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: tex-common

1) ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 upgrade
2) unable to locate packagename
3) I expected to upgrade tex-common
4) I got an error

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 19 13:42:53 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage:
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: tex-common 1.20
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-16.55-generic
SourcePackage: tex-common
Title: package tex-common 1.20 failed to install/upgrade:
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-16-generic i686

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dlebauer (dlebauer) wrote on 2009-11-19:

Dependencies.txt Edit (523 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.gz Edit (7.5 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog.gz Edit (55.7 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.gz Edit (15.8 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeMainlogpartial.gz Edit (10.6 KiB, application/x-gzip)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog.gz Edit (57.9 KiB, application/x-gzip)

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lucas (parra) wrote on 2010-02-20:

I had the same problem (I think). The log file /tmp/updmap.* seemed to indicate that some font(?) configuration was goring wrong. Reinstalling or complete removal of all tex related packages did not solve the problem -- at first. Then I looked around what was left of tex after complete removal and found that /etc/texmf was still hanging around. After I removed that by hand a new install of texlive and related packages went just fine. I guess it would be nice if "complete removal" was just that, complete.