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Re: Error installing texlive-base

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On Thu 14 Oct 2021 at 11:57:05 (-0300), Victor Hugo Muñoz wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 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.

I'm still running buster, but what that /looks/ like to me is that
you're running a version of dpkg that is, as yet, ignorant of the
?new flags in packages' lists of conffiles.

I say flags, but the only one defined is exactly the one you've
observed: remove-on-upgrade. So I'm guessing that a naïve dpkg
would think that is supposed to process "remove-on-upgrade" as
a conffile name, and complains.

Cheers,
David.

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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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