Re: tex/latex: I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
Maybe this will help...
$ locate latex.fmt
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt
/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.fmt
$ dpkg -S latex.fmt
dpkg: *latex.fmt* not found
$ grep latex.fmt /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ grep latex.fmt /var/lib/dpkg/info/*
/var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-base.postrm: rm -rf ... /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt ...
If running (as root) "/var/lib/dpkg/info/tetex-base.postint" doesn't
create the file, try running "texhash".
- Bruce
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 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.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
>
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later,
Bruce
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