Error installing texlive-base

From	Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Error installing texlive-base
Date	2021-10-14 17:20 +0200
Message-ID	<D8aGu-4o0-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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Hello, everyone.

I'm having problems installing texlive in my PC. I'm using unstable
here.

Everything started a couple of days ago, when I needed the package
physics.sty. I had to install texlive-science. But dependences came
in, and somehow I got a lot of configuration errors, and installation
was not completed. I uninstalled all texlive related packages I could
see, trying to make a fresh start. I think the problem is with
texlive-base.

I have all its dependencies installed and updated (tex-common,
texlive-binaries, etc.), and I'm attemting to install texlive-base
only. I get this:

---------------------------------------------------------------

Performing actions...
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 217166 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../texlive-base_2021.20210921-1_all.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-base_2021.20210921-1_all.deb
(--unpack):
 conffile name 'remove-on-upgrade /etc/texmf/dvipdfm/config/config' is
 not an absolute pathname
 Errors were encountered while processing:
  /var/cache/apt/archives/texlive-base_2021.20210921-1_all.deb
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
  Press Return to continue, 'q' followed by Return to quit.

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In case it helps, /etc/texmf only contains texmf.d and web2c

I don't know where to go from here, so any help will be appreciated.

Best regards,

Victor

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Error installing texlive-base Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl> - 2021-10-14 17:20 +0200
  Re: Error installing texlive-base The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-10-14 17:30 +0200
    Re: Error installing texlive-base Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl> - 2021-10-14 18:40 +0200
      Re: Error installing texlive-base David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-14 19:10 +0200
      Re: Error installing texlive-base Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-10-15 10:10 +0200
        Re: Error installing texlive-base Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2021-10-15 21:30 +0200
  Re: Error installing texlive-base "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-14 17:30 +0200
    Re: Error installing texlive-base Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl> - 2021-10-14 19:00 +0200
      Re: Error installing texlive-base harryweaver@tutanota.com - 2021-10-14 19:20 +0200
  Re: Error installing texlive-base David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-10-14 18:40 +0200
    Re: Error installing texlive-base Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl> - 2021-10-14 19:10 +0200
      Re: Error installing texlive-base Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-14 19:50 +0200
        Re: Error installing texlive-base Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-10-15 10:00 +0200
          Re: Error installing texlive-base Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-10-15 13:40 +0200
            Re: Error installing texlive-base Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl> - 2021-10-15 16:00 +0200
              Re: Error installing texlive-base Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-10-18 01:30 +0200
                Re: Error installing texlive-base Victor Hugo Muñoz <victor_munoz@uchile.cl> - 2021-10-18 15:20 +0200

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