Re: tetex-bin: formats not build [solved]
Surprinsigly enough, the problem was solved with the following command:
apt-get install -t testing fileutils
When Frank Küster sent me a copy of omxcmex.fd, which I saved in my home
directory, it appeared that the file was not listed by a simple 'ls'
command. However it could be seen with nautilus, mc...
Also, the 'ls' command had been displaying a boring message for some days:
ls: unrecognized prefix: do
ls: unparsable value for LS_COLORS environment variable.
And the colours were indeed not working.
All these problems (and the problem of tetex-base/bin and the formats
too) were solved when I installed a new version of fileutils: suddenly
the missing file appeared in /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/ (there was
no need to copy Frank's file). It seems that for some reason, the system
was only partly able to find this one file, precisely! Maybe it also
explains why "kpsewhich omxcmex.fd" only found the file when the current
directory was /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base ...
Now if someone has an idea of what was going on... I hope it was not a
side effect of a malicious rootkit!
Thanks for your help,
Jérémie Knuesel
Jérémie Knuesel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Tetex-bin 2.0.2-6 can't build most format files on my computer: I
purge all tetex* packages, delete /usr/share/texmf and /etc/texmf to be
sure that there is no conflict with the previous tetex installation,
then apt-get install tetex-base tetex-bin tetex-extra from testing or
unstable, and I get the following errors during initex:
>
>
###############################################################################
> fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
> Visit the log files in directory
> /usr/share/texmf/web2c
> for details.
>
###############################################################################
>
> This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
> `tex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex latex.ini' failed
> `etex -ini -jobname=etex -progname=etex *etex.ini' failed
> `etex -ini -jobname=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed
> `pdftex -ini -jobname=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex pdflatex.ini' failed
> `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfetex -progname=pdfetex *pdfetex.ini' failed
> `pdfetex -ini -jobname=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex *pdfelatex.ini'
failed
> `omega -ini -jobname=lambda -progname=lambda lambda.ini' failed
>
>
>
> 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.
>
> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: fd)
>
> Enter file name:
> ! Emergency stop.
> <read *>
>
>
> l.71 \input {omxcmex.fd}
> ^^M
> End of file on the terminal!
>
> No pages of output.
>
>
> Tell if you need more information...
>
> Thanks for your work.
>
> Yours,
>
> Jérémie Knuesel
>
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