Hi,
I am running sid and
I am trying to upgrade
and
it wants to instal texlive-base
which is version number
2009-14
and i have troubles with
texlive-base
texlive-latex-base
feynmf
texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-latex-recommended
texlive
texlive-generic-recommended
texlive-luatex
texlive-metapost
texlive-pictures
thus i get messages
Errors were encountered while processing:
texlive-base
texlive-latex-base
feynmf
texlive-fonts-recommended
texlive-latex-recommended
texlive
texlive-generic-recommended
texlive-luatex
texlive-metapost
texlive-pictures
the essential problem is getting texlive-base to install
Setting up texlive-base (2009-14) ...
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --all --cnffile /etc/texmf/fmt.d/10texlive-base.cnf.
This may take some time...
fmtutil-sys failed. Output has been stored in
/tmp/fmtutil.YlE9vwqh
Please include this file if you report a bug.
---------------------------------------
so here is the end of that file
Transcript written on pdftex.log.
fmtutil: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: running `mf-nowin -ini -jobname=mf -progname=mf
-translate-file=cp227.tcx mf.ini' ...
This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) (INIMF)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/cp227.tcx)
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/base/plain.mf
Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries,
basic constants and mathematical macros,
macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels,
macros and tables for various modes of operation,
macros for drawing and filling,
macros for proof labels and rules,
macros for character and font administration,
and a few last-minute items.)
kpathsea: Running mktexmf modes
! I can't find file `modes'.
l.3 \input modes
Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
l.3 \input modes
Transcript written on mf.log.
---------------
and then here is the corresponding contents of the fmutils.3878/mf.log file
-------------------------------
This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) (INIMF) 28 OCT 2011
14:39
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/web2c/cp227.tcx)
**mf.ini
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini
(/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/base/plain.mf
Preloading the plain base, version 2.71: preliminaries,
basic constants and mathematical macros,
macros for converting from device-independent units to pixels,
macros and tables for various modes of operation,
macros for drawing and filling,
macros for proof labels and rules,
macros for character and font administration,
and a few last-minute items.)
! I can't find file `modes'.
l.3 \input modes
Please type another input file name:
! Emergency stop.
l.3 \input modes
End of file on the terminal!
/tmp/fmtutil.3878/mf.log (END)
-------------------------------
so there is a modes file missing which is input by the file
/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metafont/config/mf.ini
which has content
% Thomas Esser, 1998. public domain.
\input plain
\input modes
\dump
\endinput
so what to do to solve this problem
thanks
mitchell laks
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