Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I've installed TeTeX on my machine (from slink), but I can't get it > running. > > I ran > > texhash > texconfig all > > as root, but when I try to translate a file with "latex file" of "tex > file" I get the following error message > > This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! > > The FAQ says to do a "texconfig init", but that won't help either. A > "locate .fmt" shows nothing. > > Something, that might be related is that "kpsexpand -p fmt" shows a path > with "!!" at the beginning of some entries, as in > > .:/home/viktor/texmf/web2c:!!/usr/lib/texmf/local/web2c:!!/usr/lib/texmf/web2c > > Any ideas? >
I got this same problem a little time ago. I am sorry that I can't remember how exactly I solved it. Some guesses: 1. Do you have somekind of Web2C package installed? If not, install. 2. After reinstalling the every tetex and latex package I managed to get latex.fmt file, but it didn't still work. Finally, when I copied it to something like /usr/lib/texmf/we2c/base or /usr/lib/texmf/we2c/config everything worked well. I have upgraded to Potato, and I have no problems. Maybe you could do that too? In my Potato I have latex.fmt files in directories: /usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.fmt /usr/lib/texmf/tex/latex/config/latex.fmt /var/lib/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt I hope this will help you a bit. --- EL
