Re: tex/latex: I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

[hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu]

Howard hollered,
 

> > hawkinsttyp0:ch_1.scarcity>latex scarcity.tex
> > This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2)
> > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

> I had a similar problem with jadetex in the past, when a similar file was not created upon installation of the .deb package.

> It worked after I " manually" invoked the postinstall script for the app.  The *.fmt files were then created.
> 
> Try the same thing for " TeX" If it works, you may want to inform the package maintainer.

Thanks.  I tried this, but no joy.  What's *really* bothering me is 
that i used find on /usr on a working machine and can't find the 
offending file anywhere . . .

rick

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