mis-installation of package

[Sean Sieger]

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

    Oh, got it. I think that is a similar problem to what is in the links I
    posted earlier. Googling for texlive AND dpkg AND ubuntu finds lots of
    links with dpkg  issues.

Um, wow.

    Maybe I wasn't all that clear. Do you need texlive? If not, can you try
    to uninstall it, possibly followed by a "aptitude reinstall dpkg"?
    If this succeeds, try to remove gettext and gtypist again.

Thank you, Mario, I'll let you know how it goes.