TeXworks: package operation failed

[Bashing-om]

Again Not pay proper attention ... amended ...

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/

looks much better.
and info from the manual:

The /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory provides a way to add sources.list entries in separate files. The format is the same as for the regular sources.list file.

out to lunch ==> BDQ

[newb85]

Again, please do not remove all the contents of the sources.list.d directory. That will remove other PPAs you've added to your system, including the one for Chrome.

[bekirs]

Actually, sources.list.d is a directory, and I wouldn't advise removing the entire directory. (The above command won't work without the -r option, but that's a little beside the point.) For now, I would open Software Sources (from the Software Center, Edit>Software Sources), go to the Other Software tab, and un-check all entries for texlive-backports and texworks-stable. Then try reinstalling with

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge texworks
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install texworks

In "Software Sources>Other Software", entries you mentioned are already unchecked? Should I go on with the codes you wrote?

[newb85]

Yes.

[Bashing-om]

thanks to newb85 for catching my error //

again to myself, slow down and focus !

[bekirs]

Actually, sources.list.d is a directory, and I wouldn't advise removing the entire directory. (The above command won't work without the -r option, but that's a little beside the point.) For now, I would open Software Sources (from the Software Center, Edit>Software Sources), go to the Other Software tab, and un-check all entries for texlive-backports and texworks-stable. Then try reinstalling with

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get purge texworks
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install texworks

Here is the output after each command:

sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for bekirsalgin: 
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Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse i386 Packages              
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Sources [54.6 kB]       
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex                 
Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise/multiverse TranslationIndex           
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Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
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Hit http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-proposed/multiverse Translation-en
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Reading package lists... Done

sudo apt-get purge texworks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package texworks is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libreoffice-help-en-gb libreoffice-help-en-us mythes-en-au mythes-en-us
  language-pack-kde-zh-hans-base hyphen-en-us firefox-locale-zh-hans
  libgconf2-4:i386 python-qt4 python-sip kde-l10n-engb libqtassistantclient4
  language-pack-zh-hans-base libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn kde-l10n-zhcn
  language-pack-zh-hans language-pack-kde-zh-hans libreoffice-help-zh-cn
  libnss3-1d:i386 libreoffice-l10n-en-gb openoffice.org-hyphenation
  libreoffice-l10n-en-za
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
 texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
  Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
 texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sudo apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  firefox-locale-zh-hans hyphen-en-us kde-l10n-engb kde-l10n-zhcn
  language-pack-kde-zh-hans language-pack-kde-zh-hans-base
  language-pack-zh-hans language-pack-zh-hans-base libgconf2-4:i386
  libnss3-1d:i386 libqtassistantclient4 libreoffice-help-en-gb
  libreoffice-help-en-us libreoffice-help-zh-cn libreoffice-l10n-en-gb
  libreoffice-l10n-en-za libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn mythes-en-au mythes-en-us
  openoffice.org-hyphenation python-qt4 python-sip
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 22 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 164 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 321166 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing firefox-locale-zh-hans ...
Removing hyphen-en-us ...
Removing kde-l10n-engb ...
Removing kde-l10n-zhcn ...
Removing libgconf2-4:i386 ...
Removing libnss3-1d:i386 ...
Removing python-qt4 ...
Removing libqtassistantclient4 ...
Removing libreoffice-help-en-gb ...
Removing libreoffice-help-en-us ...
Removing libreoffice-help-zh-cn ...
Removing libreoffice-l10n-en-gb ...
Removing libreoffice-l10n-en-za ...
Removing libreoffice-l10n-zh-cn ...
Removing mythes-en-au ...
Removing mythes-en-us ...
Removing openoffice.org-hyphenation ...
Removing python-sip ...
Removing language-pack-zh-hans-base ...
Removing language-pack-kde-zh-hans-base ...
Removing language-pack-kde-zh-hans ...
Removing language-pack-zh-hans ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for software-center ...
INFO:softwarecenter.db.update:no translation information in database needed
Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
 texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
  Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
 texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sudo apt-get install texworks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  texlive-xetex texworks-scripting-lua texworks-scripting-python
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  texworks
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/2,360 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,617 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package texworks.
(Reading database ... 318899 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking texworks (from .../texworks_0.5~svn952-1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
 texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
  Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up texworks (0.5~svn952-1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
 texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[newb85]

The issue seems to stem from this.

sudo apt-get install texworks
...
Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
 texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
  Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up texworks (0.5~svn952-1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
 texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Seems to me that those deleted config files need to be replaced. I'm just not sure how to force dpkg to do that...

Edit: please give the output of

ls /etc/texmf

[bryncoles]

Hi all!

Googling the error code "Not replacing deleted config file ubuntu" lead me to this page, which suggests the solution should be to run the commands (one at a time):

apt-get remove texworks
dpkg -P texworks
apt-get install texworks

Might have to sudo those commands though heh heh heh! I have checked the thread, and I didn't see the dpkg -P step anywhere.

Good luck!

[bekirs]

The issue seems to stem from this.



Seems to me that those deleted config files need to be replaced. I'm just not sure how to force dpkg to do that...

Edit: please give the output of

ls /etc/texmf

here is the output:

ls /etc/texmf
dvipdfm   dvips  hyphen.d    metafont  texdoc    texmf.cnf  updmap.d  xdvi
dvipdfmx  fmt.d  language.d  tex       texdoctk  texmf.d    web2c

[bekirs]

Hi all!

Googling the error code "Not replacing deleted config file ubuntu" lead me to this page, which suggests the solution should be to run the commands (one at a time):

apt-get remove texworks
dpkg -P texworks
apt-get install texworks

Might have to sudo those commands though heh heh heh! I have checked the thread, and I didn't see the dpkg -P step anywhere.

Good luck!

OK, I give you the results:

apt-get remove texworks
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
bekirsalgin@bekirsalgin:~$ sudo apt-get remove texworks
[sudo] password for bekirsalgin: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  texworks
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 3,617 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 318908 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing texworks ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
 texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
  Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
 texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

dpkg -P texworks
dpkg: error: requested operation requires superuser privilege
bekirsalgin@bekirsalgin:~$ sudo dpkg -P texworks
dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching texworks

sudo apt-get install texworks
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  texlive-xetex texworks-scripting-lua texworks-scripting-python
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  texworks
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/2,360 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,617 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package texworks.
(Reading database ... 318899 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking texworks (from .../texworks_0.5~svn952-1_amd64.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Setting up texlive-base (2009-15) ...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN... 
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
mktexlsr: Done.
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx.cfg
Not replacing deleted config file /etc/texmf/xdvi/XDvi
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
 texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
  Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up texworks (0.5~svn952-1) ...
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          Errors were encountered while processing:
 texlive-base
 texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)