Bug#270407: tetex-base: inter-device move failed: `latex.fmt' to `/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt'

[Frank Küster <frank@debian.org>]

Kees Leune <C.J.Leune@uvt.nl> schrieb:

> Package: tetex-base
> Version: 2.0.2b-4
> Severity: normal
>
> Installing the tetex-base and tetex-bin packages results an error message when
> trying to compile the following latex file:
>
> \documentclass{book}
> \title {Zen, and the art of motorcycle maintenance}
> \begin{document}
> \maketitle
> \end{document}
>
> The error produced is:
>
> Beginning to dump on file latex.fmt
>  (format=latex 2004.9.7)

This shows that the formats were not generated properly upon
installation. Can you please run (as root)

dpkg-reconfigure tetex-bin

and send us the output.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie