On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 01:37:41PM +0100, Norbert Preining wrote: > > [kumar@debian ~] ls -l /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex > > ls: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdfetex: No such file or directory > > This is bad. Very bad. But why did texexec not complain??? > > Can you do the following AS ROOT: debian:~# texmfsysvar=$(kpsewhich -expand-var '$TEXMFSYSVAR') debian:~# echo $texmfsysvar /var/lib/texmf debian:~# TEXFORMATS=$texmfsysvar/web2c debian:~# desttree=$texmfsysvar debian:~# export TEXFORMATS debian:~# texexec --nonstopmode --fast --make --pdftex cont-en TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' TeXExec | using existing database TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.037189 The abbove is uncut output. > I assume that there the following problem at the end of your run: > TeXExec | using search method 'kpsewhich' > TeXExec | using existing database > TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex > TeXExec | using tex format path /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex > TeXExec | unable to make format due to lack of permissions > TeXExec | > TeXExec | > TeXExec | > TeXExec | runtime: 0.217252 > > > Can you confirm this? I get *only* this. Thanks. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 462, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
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