Re: tetex-bin: formats not build

["Jeremie Knusel" <elendur@freesurf.ch>]

Thanks for the answers!

>> The logfiles for all failing formats end with the following lines:
>>
>>
>> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/omscmsy.fd
>> File: omscmsy.fd 1999/05/25 v2.5h Standard LaTeX font definitions
>> )
>>
>> ! LaTeX Error: File `omxcmex.fd' not found.
>
>Strange. Is the file /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/omxcmex.fd really
>missing? And, if yes, could you have a look at your copy of
>tetex-base_...deb, whether it is in there? This can be easily done if
>you have mc or some other filemanager installed. Just hit enter on the
>deb, then go into CONTENTS and the filesystem hierarchy within that.
>
>If the file is there on your machine (not just inside the deb), what are
>its permissions?

The file is indeed missing. However it is in the .deb, according to "dpkg -L
tetex-bin" and "dpkg -c tetex-base_2.0.2-5.1_all.deb", mc...

>Should be in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/omxcmex.fd and belong to
>tetex-base. Does it exists on your system? What does
>"kpsewhich omxcmex.fd" tell you?

kpsewhich omxcmex.fd returns nothing, excepting when the current directory
is /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base in which case it returns:
./omxcmex.fd

Yours,

Jérémie Knuesel