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tex-common error when trying to install texlive -- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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I'm trying to install texlive.

I "purged" texlive after a "successful" installation in Ubuntu 20.04 on a new machine produced a situation where I could not compile any of the *.tex files that easily work on my other systems. So I decided to wipe that installation, and try again.

I put "purged" in quotes because, after attempting to purge texlive from my system (by going through the steps given in the accepted answer in this Tex Stack Exchange post), it appeared the process actually did not remove everything texlive-related as I had expected.

Nonetheless, I tried installing texlive again, and am now in a hopeless loop where whatever command I use -- sudo apt-get install 'texlive-*' or sudo apt install texlive-full or any of the longer, more involved ones -- I get an error that always involves tex-common:

fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in /tmp/fmtutil.L7mCqGpc Please include this file if you report a bug.

dpkg: error processing package tex-common (--configure):  installed
tex-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error
exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing:  tex-common E:
Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

After each failed attempt, I go through the same steps to "purge" texlive so as to remove from my system what I hope are all vestiges of the failed attempt.

I have noticed that after going through those eight steps to remove texlive from my system, there are files still left over, that relate to tex-common. So when I try sudo apt-get purge tex-common and then do locate tex-common sixteen files/folders come up.

How can I resolve this issue so I can successfully install texlive?

N0rbert, thanks for your response. PPA... don't think I used one. Sorry, can't remember, I never had an issue with my other machines. I think I just used sudo apt install texlive-full or something similar. I might have installed TexWorks using the Ubuntu Software Center... wiped it using the stepwise method I mentioned above.

Output of grep -r "^deb " /etc/apt/ --include="*.list":

/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list:deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/miktex.list:deb http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic universe
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/system76-dev-ubuntu-stable-focal.list:deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76-dev/stable/ubuntu focal main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list:deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

Output of apt-cache policy texlive-full:

texlive-full:
  Installed: 2019.20200218-1
  Candidate: 2019.20200218-1
  Version table:
 *** 2019.20200218-1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Output of sudo apt-get dist upgrade:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
  fwupd fwupd-signed google-chrome-stable libegl-mesa0 libegl1-mesa libfwupd2 libfwupdplugin1 libgbm1 libgl1-mesa-dri
  libgl1-mesa-glx libglapi-mesa libglx-mesa0 libmysqlclient21 libnetplan0 libnss-systemd libpam-systemd libsystemd0 libudev1
  libxatracker2 linux-firmware mesa-vulkan-drivers netplan.io python3-update-manager system76-driver system76-power systemd
  systemd-sysv systemd-timesyncd udev update-manager update-manager-core
31 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 143 kB/312 MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,979 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76-dev/stable/ubuntu focal/main amd64 libegl-mesa0 amd64 21.2.1-2ubuntu2pop0~1632348269~20.04~616afda~dev [143 kB]
Fetched 135 kB in 1s (240 kB/s)       
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
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Setting up linux-firmware (1.200+system76~1632347857~20.04~9a6d09b~dev) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.0-7614-generic
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.11.0-37-generic
Setting up libfwupd2:amd64 (1.5.11-0ubuntu2pop1.1~1632510283~20.04~5dec90e~dev) ...
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Setting up libegl1-mesa:amd64 (21.2.1-2ubuntu2pop0~1632348269~20.04~616afda~dev) ...
Setting up tex-common (6.13) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Running mtxrun --generate. This may take some time... done.
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Building format(s) --all.
    This may take some time... 
fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.VSeGny8X
Please include this file if you report a bug.

dpkg: error processing package tex-common (--configure):
 installed tex-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up udev (245.4-4ubuntu3.13) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Setting up libfwupdplugin1:amd64 (1.5.11-0ubuntu2pop1.1~1632510283~20.04~5dec90e~dev) ...
Setting up libglapi-mesa:amd64 (21.2.1-2ubuntu2pop0~1632348269~20.04~616afda~dev) ...
Setting up python3-update-manager (1:20.04.10.9) ...
Setting up fwupd (1.5.11-0ubuntu2pop1.1~1632510283~20.04~5dec90e~dev) ...
fwupd-offline-update.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it.
fwupd-refresh.service is a disabled or a static unit not running, not starting it.
Setting up google-chrome-stable (94.0.4606.71-1) ...
Setting up libgl1-mesa-dri:amd64 (21.2.1-2ubuntu2pop0~1632348269~20.04~616afda~dev) ...
Setting up fwupd-signed (1.5.11-0ubuntu2pop1.1~1632510283~20.04~5dec90e~dev) ...
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
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update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.0-7614-generic
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.64.6-1~ubuntu20.04.4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-0ubuntu9.2) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.12.16-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Setting up system76-driver (20.04.43~1632933380~20.04~0ac2ed2~dev) ...
INFO    product_version: 'meer6'
INFO    displayport1_force_enable_audio: Force enable audio output from DP-1 (physical HDMI 1 port.)
INFO    Skipping 'displayport1_force_enable_audio' as it was already applied
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tex-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Output of apt-cache policy miktex:

miktex:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 21.6-bionic1
  Version table:
     21.6-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     21.3-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     21.1-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     20.12-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     20.11-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     20.10-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     20.6.29-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
     20.6-bionic1 500
        500 http://miktex.org/download/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages

Output of sudo apt-get install tree:

Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  tree
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 43.0 kB of archives.
After this operation, 115 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 tree amd64 1.8.0-1 [43.0 kB]
Fetched 43.0 kB in 0s (88.5 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package tree.
(Reading database ... 475613 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../tree_1.8.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking tree (1.8.0-1) ...
Setting up tex-common (6.13) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Running mtxrun --generate. This may take some time... done.
Running updmap-sys. This may take some time... done.
Running mktexlsr /var/lib/texmf ... done.
Building format(s) --all.
    This may take some time... 
fmtutil failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.1bdpEBPj
Please include this file if you report a bug.

dpkg: error processing package tex-common (--configure):
 installed tex-common package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Setting up tree (1.8.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 tex-common
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)`

Output of tree /usr/local/bin:

/usr/local/bin

0 directories, 0 files

N0rbert, thanks for your fast responses. The /tmp/fmtutil.VSeGny8X is pretty large, over 14,000 lines. Is there a way to upload it?

Yes, running System76 meerkat hardware.

which miktexsetup returns nothing.

Output of dpkg -l:

Apologies, but how do I upload the file that contains the output? It's another biggie

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Do you use any PPA to get texlive installed on your system? Please share full error output. Also show output of `grep -r "^deb " /etc/apt/ --include="*.list"` and `apt-cache policy texlive-full` .
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N0rbert, thanks for your response. PPA... don't think I used one. Sorry, can't remember, I never had an issue with my other machines. I think I just used `sudo apt install texlive-full` or something similar.
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TL;DR Do not use/mix MikTex with deb-packaged TeXLive. Do not use/mix binary TeXLive with deb-packaged TeXLive. Use only deb-packaged TeXLive instead to prevent problems.

Details. The system has active MikTex repository. To prevent possible conflicts with TexLive disable it using commands below:

miktexsetup cleanup
sudo miktexsetup --shared=yes cleanup

sudo apt autoremove --purge miktex
sudo rm -v /etc/apt/sources.list.d/miktex.list
sudo rm -v /etc/fonts/conf.d/09-miktex.conf
sudo apt-get update

and then use only TexLive.

During chat session we discovered that system had local installation of Texlive. We did this by using the following steps:

  1. remove all TeX related packages with

    sudo apt autopurge $(dpkg -l | grep "TeX" | grep ^ii | awk '{print $2}')

    And what is interesting - removal process has several lines like dpkg: warning: while removing texlive-latex-extra, directory '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/statements' not empty so not removed. So we classified them and removed by commands like:

    sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/artemisia
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/baskerville
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/bodoni-classic
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/didot
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/didot-classic
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/gazis
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/gentium
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/neohellenic
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/olga
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/porson
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/solomos
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/truetype/theokritos
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/fonts/type1/texlive-fonts-recommended
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/achemso
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/acro
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/animate
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/caption
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/cdpbundl
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/circuitikz
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/dtk
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/endfloat
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/exsheets
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fancyvrb
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/glossaries/base
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/invoice
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/isodoc
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3experimental/l3str
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lettre
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/makedtx
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/memoir
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/minitoc
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ms
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/nomencl
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfpages
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pdfx
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/pkgloader
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/polyglossia
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/cmath
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/dcm
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/hwexam
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/metakeys
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/mikoslides
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/modules
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/omdoc
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/omtext
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/presentation
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/problem
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/sproof
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/sref
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/statements
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/stex/workaddress
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/sttools
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/titlesec
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tkz-base
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tkz-euclide
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/unicode-math
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xdoc
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm
sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texmf/fonts/opentype/public/lm-math

  2. then we tried to find the texlive-related files and folders which does not came from deb-packages by using command below

    sudo find /bin /etc /lib /lib64 /opt /sbin /srv /usr /var -iname "*texlive*" -exec dpkg -S {} \; > /dev/null

    and it shown the following

    dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /usr/share/texlive

    and this folder has 98 directories, 482 files according to tree /usr/share/texlive.

    So we removed this folder as simple as sudo rm -rfv /usr/share/texlive and then proceed.

  3. Install all needed stuff as usual

    sudo apt-get install texlive-base
sudo apt-get install tex-common
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
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thanks, but unfortunately that failed too, with the same tex-common related error. The command `miktexsetup cleanup` said it couldn't find miktexsetup. Why did you ask about System76 hardware? I originally wondered if that might have something to do with it, since I've never encountered anything similar on my other machines
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Sometimes system76 PPA creates issues. Do you really run on [meer6](https://tech-docs.system76.com/models/meer6/README.html) product? What do you have in `/tmp/fmtutil.VSeGny8X` and `/tmp/fmtutil.1bdpEBPj` files? Please upload full output of `dpkg -l` to pastebin and share a link.
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how can I share the output of `dpkg -l`? how do I upload the file that contains the output?
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Please answer the question about System76 hardware. If you are not using it, then we can remove the PPA without any further issues. You run `dpkg -l > ~/somefile` and then upload contents of `~/somefile` to pastebin. Also upload both `/tmp/fmtutil.VSeGny8X` and `/tmp/fmtutil.1bdpEBPj` .
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yes, all this is happening on a System76 meerkat
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sorry, I don't know what you mean by "upload contents of ~/somefile to pastebin." I can't figure out how to upload and paste a link. Obviously it doesn't mean paste contents, because the contents exceed the character limit
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Visit https://pastebin.com/ and paste file contents there.
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ah, okay done. contents of `dpkg -l` https://pastebin.com/V5BTVEU8
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Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/130189/discussion-between-n0rbert-and-prokaryote).
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