"Jérôme Champavère" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ latex file.tex > This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) > %&-line parsing enabled. > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt > tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) not > found. > fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! > > Running with sudo surprisingly does not fail. [...] > I also noticed that using the front-end kile, I can compile the tex > documents. > Only the command line bugs. I have no explication of such a behaviour.
You probably have some environment variables set in your shell which spoil your latex run. Try env -i latex file.tex and env | grep TEX Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Debian Developer (TeXLive) ADFC Miltenberg B90/Grüne KV Miltenberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

