Re: tex/latex: I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
Believe it or not, this is a date (not Y2K) related problem. Install the
newer tetex package(s) from proposed-updates.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2000 at 13:34, hawk@hawkins.cba.uni.edu wrote:
>
> I don't think I've ever seen this before. Having replaced the dying
> hard disk, I've done a clean install of slink. The ability to use
> latex seems to come and go (mostly go), and I've given the tetex files
> a purge/reinstall cycle, but still no luck.
>
> The output is
>
> 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've used find on a working machine, and this file doesn't seem to
> exist anyway.
>
> I was briefly able to make the system work through lyx, but now I get
> the output (from a postscript preview) of:
>
> This is dvips(k) 5.82 Copyright 1998 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
> dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened.
>
> I assume that this is something very simple, but I'm stumped.
Luck,
Pann
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