Bug#214824: tetex-bin: fails to install ("Could not find default config file for pdftex")

[Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:25:09AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> > The error dialog reads:
> > 
> >   "Could not find default config file for pdftex (pdftex.cfg).
> > 
> >   The program will exit now."
> 
> First of all, is this a fresh install of tetex or 
> upgrading?

Upgrading.

> Please check if there is a symlink as
> 
> kohda@nsx:~$ ls -ld /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 2003-09-03 10:16 /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config -> /etc/texmf/pdftex/

Yes.

> and also if there is certainly
> 
> kohda@nsx:~$ ls /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg 
> /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg

Nope:

  rmh@aragorn:~$ ls /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg
  ls: /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg: No such file or directory

> Further, please show us an output of
> 
> kpsewhich -progname=pdftex --format=tex pdftex.cfg
> 
> (it should be /usr/share/texmf/pdftex/config/pdftex.cfg)

There was no output (exit status is 1).

> Possible fix would be;
> 
> If /etc/texmf/pdftex/pdftex.cfg was lost, then try
> dpkg -i --force-confmiss tetex_2.0.2-4.3.deb

That didn't help, I get the same error as reported.

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Robert Millan

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