Re: Fwd: Re: libkpathsea3 and tetex

[Mats Bengtsson]

To find out which package provides a certain file, goto 
http://www.debian.org/, click on "Debian packages" and
use the "Search the contents of packages" feature.
It will tell you that the /usr/bin/kpsewhich file is 
included in the package 'tetex-bin'.

I'm afraid you have initiated an update that involved several
packages and broke somewhere in the middle. What I recommend
is to first deinstall the Lilypond package, then try to 
go back to the stable version of all the packages that you 
had installed before, for example tetex-bin. Then, it should
be safe to try the lilypond_1.4.2-0potato1_i386.deb again.

Unfortunately, I don't have any Debian machine available at
the moment, so I can't provide any more detailed instructions.

   /Mats

> Hey,
> thanks for the info,
> I downloaded the .deb and when i wanted to install it i got this:
> 
> Preparing to replace lilypond 1.4.12-1 (using
> lilypond_1.4.2-0potato1_i386.deb) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: /usr/bin/kpsewhich: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing lilypond_1.4.2-0potato1_i386.deb (--install):
>  subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
> /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm: /usr/bin/kpsewhich: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>  subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 127
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  lilypond_1.4.2-0potato1_i386.deb
> 
> where do i get /usr/bin/kpsewhich:
> 
> i tried to look on apt-get but i got this:
> 
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: The package lilypond needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive
> for it.
> 
> i'm totally clueless again.
> 
> Jule