Bug#428875: marked as done (texlive-base-bin: pdf(la)tex not working)
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: texlive-base-bin
Version: 2007-11
Severity: normal
On a system without any TeX related packages, trying to create a PDF from a
.tex document copied off another system (running an old tetex version, but
this system has since been discarded).
First, check packages.debian.org where pdflatex might be these days --
reportedly in tetex-bin, which is now a transitional package, and
texlive-base-bin.
Fine, lets install the latter: apt-get install texlive-base-bin reports no
recommends but perl-tk, which definitely won't have anything specifically
TeX-related in it, and no suggests either.
Next step: try to run pdflatex.
Hmm, "command not found".
$ grep pdflatex /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-base-bin.list:/usr/share/man/man1/pdflatex.1.gz
Good, let's check the manpage.
SYNOPSIS
pdftex [options] [& format ] [ file | \ commands ]
Uh? pdftex isn't the same as pdflatex, is it?
Well, let's try anyway...
$ pdftex foo.tex
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
%&-line parsing enabled.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdftex.fmt
I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt'!
In fact:
$ pdftex /dev/null
This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
%&-line parsing enabled.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdftex.fmt
I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt'!
Please tell me, how do I get pdflatex on this system???
KR,
Filip
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 225 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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Config files
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1692 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3128 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1835 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
######################################
Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Jun 11 10:19 mktex.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
25bf3a257a0bedb5c67349c3eaff74af /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
5f7f6652cc8b8071c9e4ea6ba9e9f0a1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
8a26468004b5ebc7ae9884740356c1d0 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
e36faa13563bdb46303b91ab3f6ea638 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
7e8f87acdeba48edac16d851c77b9e75 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
30f4f13357c2761ed01a6a15f28725a5 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin depends on:
ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.5-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libkpathsea4 2007-11 TeX Live: path search library for
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler1 0.5.4-6 PDF rendering library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.3-3 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.6-3 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii mime-support 3.39-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii texlive-common 2007-9 TeX Live: Base component
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-15 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin recommends:
pn perl-tk <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy
ii ucf 3.001 Update Configuration File: preserv
Versions of packages texlive-base-bin is related to:
pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
pn tetex-bin <none> (no description available)
pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available)
ii tex-common 1.8 Common infrastructure for using an
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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--- Begin Message ---
As Ralf noted, this is a no-bug. pdflatex is in texlive-latex-base which provides the latex format.
Closing this bug.
Bye Norbert
..... Original Message .......
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:36:05 +0200 "Filip Van Raemdonck" <mechanix@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: texlive-base-bin
> Version: 2007-11
> Severity: normal
>
> On a system without any TeX related packages, trying to create a PDF from a
> .tex document copied off another system (running an old tetex version, but
> this system has since been discarded).
>
> First, check packages.debian.org where pdflatex might be these days --
> reportedly in tetex-bin, which is now a transitional package, and
> texlive-base-bin.
> Fine, lets install the latter: apt-get install texlive-base-bin reports no
> recommends but perl-tk, which definitely won't have anything specifically
> TeX-related in it, and no suggests either.
>
> Next step: try to run pdflatex.
> Hmm, "command not found".
>
> $ grep pdflatex /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/texlive-base-bin.list:/usr/share/man/man1/pdflatex.1.gz
>
> Good, let's check the manpage.
> SYNOPSIS
> pdftex [options] [& format ] [ file | \ commands ]
>
> Uh? pdftex isn't the same as pdflatex, is it?
> Well, let's try anyway...
>
> $ pdftex foo.tex
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdftex.fmt
> I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt'!
>
> In fact:
> $ pdftex /dev/null
> This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> %&-line parsing enabled.
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdftex.fmt
> I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt'!
>
>
> Please tell me, how do I get pdflatex on this system???
>
>
> KR,
>
> Filip
>
> ######################################
> List of ls-R files
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 225 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
> ######################################
> Config files
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Jun 14 22:16 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1692 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3128 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1835 Jun 14 22:16 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
> ######################################
> Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
> total 4
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Jun 11 10:19 mktex.cnf
> ######################################
> md5sums of texmf.d
> 25bf3a257a0bedb5c67349c3eaff74af /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf
> 5f7f6652cc8b8071c9e4ea6ba9e9f0a1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf
> 8a26468004b5ebc7ae9884740356c1d0 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf
> ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf
> afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf
> 9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf
> e36faa13563bdb46303b91ab3f6ea638 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf
> 7e8f87acdeba48edac16d851c77b9e75 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf
> 30f4f13357c2761ed01a6a15f28725a5 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-k7
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
>
> Versions of packages texlive-base-bin depends on:
> ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor
> ii libc6 2.5-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii libkpathsea4 2007-11 TeX Live: path search library for
> ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
> ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime
> ii libpoppler1 0.5.4-6 PDF rendering library
> ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
> ii libxaw7 1:1.0.3-3 X11 Athena Widget library
> ii libxmu6 1:1.0.3-1 X11 miscellaneous utility library
> ii libxpm4 1:3.5.6-3 X11 pixmap library
> ii libxt6 1:1.0.5-3 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
> ii mime-support 3.39-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap
> ii perl 5.8.8-7 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
> ii texlive-common 2007-9 TeX Live: Base component
> ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-15 compression library - runtime
>
> Versions of packages texlive-base-bin recommends:
> pn perl-tk <none> (no description available)
>
> Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
> ii debconf 1.5.13 Debian configuration management sy
> ii ucf 3.001 Update Configuration File: preserv
>
> Versions of packages texlive-base-bin is related to:
> pn tetex-base <none> (no description available)
> pn tetex-bin <none> (no description available)
> pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available)
> ii tex-common 1.8 Common infrastructure for using an
>
> -- debconf information:
> tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
> tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
>
>
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Debian Developer <preining@debian.org> Debian TeX Group
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