{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170/events","html_url":"https://github.com/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170","id":126739027,"number":170,"title":"dpkg: error processing r-base-core (--configure): causing build error","user":{"login":"jhpoelen","id":1084872,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1084872?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen","html_url":"https://github.com/jhpoelen","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jhpoelen/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-01-14T20:13:46Z","updated_at":"2016-01-14T20:58:36Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Hi! \r\n\r\nI've been using the ```r-travis``` method to run R on travis for awhile now (> year). It's been working like a charm. However, for some reason, the build crapped out today (see https://travis-ci.org/ropensci/rglobi/builds/65928670).  Before jumping into it, I wanted to share the issue publicly, because I think that others (e.g. @sckott) are also experiencing the issue and might have a fix/workaround already.\r\n\r\nsnippet of build log:\r\n```\r\nupdate-alternatives: using /usr/bin/tclsh8.5 to provide /usr/bin/tclsh (tclsh) in auto mode.\r\n\r\nSetting up tk8.5 (8.5.11-1) ...\r\n\r\nupdate-alternatives: using /usr/bin/wish8.5 to provide /usr/bin/wish (wish) in auto mode.\r\n\r\nSetting up r-base-core (3.2.3-3precise0) ...\r\n\r\nCreating config file /etc/R/Renviron with new version\r\n\r\n/var/lib/dpkg/info/r-base-core.postinst: 57: /var/lib/dpkg/info/r-base-core.postinst: mktexlsr: not found\r\n\r\ndpkg: error processing r-base-core (--configure):\r\n\r\n subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127\r\n\r\nSetting up liblzma-dev (5.1.1alpha+20110809-3) ...\r\n\r\ndpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of r-base-dev:\r\n\r\n r-base-dev depends on r-base-core (>= 3.2.3-3precise0); however:\r\n\r\n  Package r-base-core is not configured yet.\r\n\r\ndpkg: error processing r-base-dev (--configure):\r\n\r\n dependency problems - leaving unconfigured\r\n\r\ndpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of r-cran-boot:\r\n\r\n r-cran-boot depends on r-base-core (>= 3.2.1-2precise0); however:\r\n\r\n  Package r-base-core is not configured yet.\r\n\r\n r-cran-boot depends on r-api-3; however:\r\n\r\n  Package r-api-3 is not installed.\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/comments/171777834","html_url":"https://github.com/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170#issuecomment-171777834","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/craigcitro/r-travis/issues/170","id":171777834,"user":{"login":"craigcitro","id":468559,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/468559?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro","html_url":"https://github.com/craigcitro","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/craigcitro/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-14T20:58:36Z","updated_at":"2016-01-14T20:58:36Z","body":"This looks like the same root failure as https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5462#issuecomment-171674080 if I'm reading it right; I *think* everything is back to working again?"}}