package texlive-base 2007-13 failed to install/upgrade: updmap-sys failed

[fernanAguero]

Binary package hint: texlive-base

texlive-base, texlive or any other combination of texlive selections failed to install using Synaptic (this is on Hardy-8.04)

However, the same packages were successfully installed from the command line using apt-get
(sudo apt-get install texlive)

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 8 16:35:41 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ErrorMessage: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: texlive-base 2007-13
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: texlive-base
Title: package texlive-base 2007-13 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Here is the error, please attach the requested file:

Setting up texlive-base (2007-13) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --all.
 This may take some time... done.
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time...
updmap-sys failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/updmap.DHJ28087
Please include this file if you report a bug.

Sometimes, not accepting conffile updates in /etc/texmf/updmap.d
causes updmap-sys to fail. Please check for files with extension
.dpkg-dist or .ucf-dist in this directory

[aLTer (vladimir-alter)]

Pascal, here is reproduced actions attached.

P.S. According to history, /etc/texmf/updmap.d doesn't contain any .dpkg-dist or .ucf-dist in this directory.
P.P.S. /tmp/upd* missing also.

[Christian Kirbach (christian-kirbach-e)]

I can confirm this error when reinstalling texlive-base

Richte texlive-base ein (2007-13) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --all.
 This may take some time...
fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.hVU11866
Please include this file if you report a bug.

Attaching that output file. In that output file following seems to be the error

###############################################################################
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /var/lib/texmf/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

contents of that directory

$ ls -l /var/lib/texmf/web2c/
insgesamt 32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3590 2008-08-25 18:02 fmtutil.cnf
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-08-25 18:02 metafont
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-08-25 18:02 pdftex
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-08-25 18:02 tex
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4587 2008-08-25 18:02 updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4141 2008-04-07 01:00 updmap.log

updmap.log has no recent log entries.

[shivan (kingshivan)]

if that helps, here's the log from updmap

[Mustafa Kaya (mustail)]

I have a very similar problem with my texlive 2009 installation on Ubuntu 10.10. My problem is mainly related with three packages: tex-common, texlive-common, texlive-fonts-extra. They do not install correctly, and I get the following message after install:

E: tex-common: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: texlive-common: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
E: texlive-fonts-extra: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

When I look at the details of the error, I see a similar error message as with other people's, which says updmap sys failed and so on..

BTW, I tried to attach the bug report file, but could not copy it..

Thanks!

[Mustafa Kaya (mustail)]

In case it might help others, here is what I did to solve my problem:

1- Uninstalling and re-installing did not work for me
2- Sudo apt-get -f install tex-common etc. did not work either. The problem persisted.
3- Installing first texlive-common and then the other packages also did not solve it.
4- My solution: The report file (something like updmap.585adb3z in the /tmp folder) stated that the problem was with a map file which was not installed correctly. So I decided to rename the updmap config file located in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ (the file was 10local.cfg in my case) and then install texlive again.

I was finally able to re-install texlive without any problems. I think if you have a similar problem, you should check the error report file to see if you can do anything. This was not a bug in my case, just some font I was not able to install correctly. %(\footnote{Installing fonts in latex is so awkward. This must be why xelatex makes great sense.})

[Norbert Preining (preining)]

On Mo, 01 Nov 2010, mustail wrote:
> 4- My solution: The report file (something like updmap.585adb3z in the /tmp folder) stated that the problem was with a map file which was not installed correctly. So I decided to rename the updmap config file located in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/ (the file was 10local.cfg in my case) and then install texlive again.

Aeehmmm -- 10local.cfg was never created b the packags, but by yourself,
so it is your fault if you have some local configuration that is
not working.

We (=packages) are not allowed by policy to change the configuration
files you have changed.

Best wishes

Norbert
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