mis-installation of package

[Sean Sieger]

Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> writes:

    On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 14:58 -0500, Sean Sieger wrote:
    > sean at g41r2f1:~$ sudo aptitude remove gtypist gettext
    [...]
    > Removing gettext ...
    > install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
    > dpkg: error processing gettext (--remove):
    >  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
    > install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
    > dpkg: error while cleaning up:
    >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
    > Removing gtypist ...
    > install-info: No dir file specified; try --help for more information.
    > dpkg: error processing gtypist (--remove):
    >  subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
    > Errors were encountered while processing:
    >  gettext
    >  gtypist
    > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    [...]

    I don't get it. A few days ago you replied "I'm sorry, Mario, I never
    noticed that part; however, just that command fixed things" so I assumed
    it is fixed now. Is this a new issue, the same issue, or just an old
    email that somehow got sent late?

Errors regarding gtypist and gettext continue to show up upon regular
system updates.  The command `sudo dpkg --configure -a' certainly
doesn't show up in the text that you asked me to paste from xterm,
right?  Running the command at least allowed me to continue with
updates.  What do I do about getting gettext and gtypist installed
properly?  Thank you very much.