Bug#631315: texlive-binaries fails to install: fmtutil.cnf not found
Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2009-8
Severity: important
I do not seem to be able to install TeX on account of texlive-binaries'
fmtutil-sys post-installation script failing. I remember I did at one
point have latex set up on this system, but it has been since removed.
I have checked for any lingering unpurged configuration files and as far
as I can tell there is nothing installed relating to TeX (according to
dpkg and searches through /etc, /usr, /var). I've catted a log of APT:
[meimei:~]% sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
libkpathsea5 luatex tex-common texlive-base texlive-binaries
texlive-common texlive-doc-base
Suggested packages:
debhelper perl-tk ghostscript xpdf-reader pdf-viewer gv postscript-viewer
Recommended packages:
texlive-luatex lmodern texlive-latex-base-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libkpathsea5 luatex tex-common texlive-base texlive-binaries
texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-latex-base
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 404 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/28.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 68.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
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Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package libkpathsea5.
(Reading database ... 54253 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libkpathsea5 (from .../libkpathsea5_2009-8_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package luatex.
Unpacking luatex (from .../luatex_0.70.1-1_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tex-common.
Unpacking tex-common (from .../tex-common_2.09_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package texlive-common.
Unpacking texlive-common (from .../texlive-common_2009-11_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package texlive-doc-base.
Unpacking texlive-doc-base (from .../texlive-doc-base_2009-2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package texlive-binaries.
Unpacking texlive-binaries (from .../texlive-binaries_2009-8_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package texlive-base.
Unpacking texlive-base (from .../texlive-base_2009-11_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package texlive-latex-base.
Unpacking texlive-latex-base (from .../texlive-latex-base_2009-11_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Setting up libkpathsea5 (2009-8) ...
Setting up luatex (0.70.1-1) ...
texlive-base is not ready, cannot create formats
Setting up tex-common (2.09) ...
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/80DVIPDFMx.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/updmap.d/00updmap.cfg with new version
Creating config file /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf with new version
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
texlive-base is not ready, delaying updmap-sys call
texlive-base is not ready, skipping fmtutil-sys --all call
Setting up texlive-common (2009-11) ...
Setting up texlive-doc-base (2009-2) ...
Setting up texlive-binaries (2009-8) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw to provide /usr/bin/xdvi.bin (xdvi.bin) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bibtex.original to provide /usr/bin/bibtex (bibtex) in auto mode.
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE...
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
Building format(s) --refresh.
This may take some time...
fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.ejsfxS1f
Please include this file if you report a bug.
dpkg: error processing texlive-binaries (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
configured to not write apport reports
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-base:
texlive-base depends on texlive-binaries (>= 2009-1); however:
Package texlive-binaries is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
configured to not write apport reports
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of texlive-latex-base:
texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-base (>= 2009-1); however:
Package texlive-base is not configured yet.
texlive-latex-base depends on texlive-binaries (>= 2009-1); however:
Package texlive-binaries is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing texlive-latex-base (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
configured to not write apport reports
Processing triggers for tex-common ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Errors were encountered while processing:
texlive-binaries
texlive-base
texlive-latex-base
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
[meimei:~]% sudo cat /tmp/fmtutil.ejsfxS1f
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /var/lib/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not found.
fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages texlive-binaries depends on:
ii ed 1.4-3 The classic UNIX line editor
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.2 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.4.4-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.5-8 GCC support library
ii libkpathsea5 2009-8 TeX Live: path search library for
ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libpng12-0 1.2.44-2 PNG library - runtime
ii libpoppler5 0.12.4-1.2 PDF rendering library
ii libstdc++6 4.6.0-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-4 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii libxpm4 1:3.5.8-1 X11 pixmap library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii perl 5.12.3-7+b1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii tex-common 2.09 common infrastructure for building
ii texlive-common 2009-11 TeX Live: Base component
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
texlive-binaries recommends no packages.
texlive-binaries suggests no packages.
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