Hi Frank, Thanks for the follow-up. 2007-05-08 klockan 18:43 skrev Frank Küster: > Wouter Bolsterlee <uws@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > Running xetex or xelatex on any input file results in an error like this: > > > > $ xetex somefile.tex > > This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) > > %&-line parsing enabled. > > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xetex.fmt > > I can't find the format file `xetex.fmt'! > > > > The installation seems succesful though: > [...] > > Am I doing something wrong? > > Not really, except that maybe you did something wrong in the past, some > misconfiguration. > > Since package configuration succeeds, the format is probably there, > please check that: > > ls /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex/xetex.fmt No, it's not there. The directory /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex/ doesn't even exist. The contents of /var/lib/texmf/web2c are listed below: $ ls -lF /var/lib/texmf/web2c/ total 48 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-05 17:43 aleph/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5509 2007-05-05 17:58 fmtutil.cnf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-05 17:43 metafont/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-05 17:43 metapost/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-05 17:43 omega/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-05 17:53 pdfetex/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-05-05 17:43 tex/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7569 2007-05-05 17:58 updmap.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7627 2007-05-05 17:53 updmap.log > Now, why isn't it found? > > What is the output of > > kpsewhich --progname=xetex xetex.fmt No output at all. > kpsewhich --progname=xetex --show-path fmt Lots of output, all on one line. For reading convencience, I've added newlines after each colon character: .: /home/uws/.texmf-config/web2c/unset//: /home/uws/.texmf-var/web2c/unset//: /home/uws/.texmf/web2c/unset//: /etc/texmf/web2c/unset//: !!/var/lib/texmf/web2c/unset//: !!/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/unset//: !!/usr/share/texmf/web2c/unset//: !!/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/unset//: !!/usr/share/texmf-tetex/web2c/unset//: /home/uws/.texmf-config/web2c///: /home/uws/.texmf-var/web2c///: /home/uws/.texmf/web2c///: /etc/texmf/web2c///: !!/var/lib/texmf/web2c///: !!/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c///: !!/usr/share/texmf/web2c///: !!/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c///: !!/usr/share/texmf-tetex/web2c/// > grep xetex /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf /etc/texmf/texmf.d/* Four lines of output: /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf:TEXINPUTS.xetex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{xetex,plain,generic,}// /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf:% xetex/xdvipdfmx (note that fontconfig on Linux/Unix-like systems /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf:TEXINPUTS.xetex = .;$TEXMF/tex/{xetex,plain,generic,}// /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf:% xetex/xdvipdfmx (note that fontconfig on Linux/Unix-like systems Hope this helps. Please let me know if you need additional information! mvrgr, Wouter -- :wq mail uws@xs4all.nl web http://uwstopia.nl
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