Bug#244601: tetex-base: solved the problem at least for me.
Package: tetex-base
Version: 2.0.2c-1
Followup-For: Bug #244601
Setting up tetex-base (2.0.2c-1) ...
Running initex. This may take some time. ...
Error: `mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/elatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfelatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/mf.base installed.
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fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
/var/lib/texmf/web2c
for details.
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This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp' failed
Manually running mpost I obtained:
server2:~# mpost -ini -jobname=metafun -progname=mpost metafun.mp
This is MetaPost, Version 0.641 (Web2C 7.4.5) (INIMP)
(/usr/share/texmf/metapost/context/metafun.mp
! I can't find file `plain.mp'.
l.27 input plain.mp
; % John Hobby's file
So it seems plain.mp isnt'there. And locate did not find it.
Installing tetex-extra, which includes plain.mp, solved the problem.
It seems tetex-base depends on tetex-extra.
I'm runnung sarge on sparc.
Massimo Cetra
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List of ls-R files
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 91 Nov 8 11:29 /usr/local/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root users 909 Nov 8 11:29 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 28 02:16 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.27
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages tetex-base depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii texinfo 4.7-2.2 Documentation system for on-line i
ii ucf 1.10 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.8 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 2.8.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-2 GCC support library
ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libkpathsea3 2.0.2-23 path search library for teTeX (run
ii libpaper1 1.1.14-3 Library for handling paper charact
ii libpng12-0 1.2.7-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System Session Management
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libt1-5 5.0.2-3 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r
ii libwww0 5.4.0-9 The W3C WWW library
ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw7 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxmu6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxt6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii mime-support 3.28-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.4-3 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii sed 4.1.2-1 The GNU sed stream editor
ii ucf 1.10 Update Configuration File: preserv
ii xlibs 4.3.0.dfsg.1-8 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.2-1 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on:
ii dpkg 1.10.23 Package maintenance system for Deb
pn gsfonts Not found.
pn tetex-bin Not found.
ii ucf 1.10 Update Configuration File: preserv
-- debconf information:
tetex-bin/updmap-failed:
* tetex-bin/hyphen: french[=patois], ngerman[=naustrian-neue_Rechtschreibung], italian
tetex-base/olddat: true
tetex-bin/oldcfg: true
tetex-base/oldcfg: true
* tetex-base/fmtutil-failed:
tetex-base/oldupdm:
tetex-bin/upd_map: true
* tetex-bin/cnf_name:
tetex-bin/fmtutil: true
tetex-base/updmap-failed:
* tetex-bin/use_debconf: false
* tetex-bin/fmtutil-failed:
* tetex-bin/groupname: users
tetex-bin/userperm: false
tetex-bin/groupperm: true
* tetex-bin/lsr-perms: true
* tetex-bin/texmf: true
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