Hi, I am sorry indeed since I cannot help you for the compilation/configuration of texlive. Moreover, I suspect that we are not on the right mailing list for the problem you tried to solve. Anyway I if you want to continue with this problem you should find a list of texlive developpers.
Regards Pierre From: Andrew Benton <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Latex Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:25:34 +0100 > On 23/08/10 18:01, Pierre Lorenzon wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> First I don't understand why my mail comes so late on the list >> since I posted it a few days ago. But anyway .. >> >> From: Andrew Benton<[email protected]> >>> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdftex.fmt >>> I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt'! >> >> Hum ! I can't find ! When you see something like that first >> try texhash before anything else. The TeX system maintains >> its own database to locate the components of the system and >> the tool designed to update this database is precisely >> texhash. If you use the automated procedure to install >> texlive, Ie. the script provided with the distribution that >> installs precompiled tools, texhash is run automatically. But >> if you compile the whole stuff from scratch , it might be >> that texhash has not been run and then that the database is >> outofdate. Even if my system is an lfs where I built >> everything the exception is texlive for which I installed the >> precompiled stuff that works perfectly. >> > I ran texhash, it got me past a previous error (I forget the details) > but it didn't help with the pdftex.fmt problem because the file did not > exist. > >> OK ! I suspect in fact that your problem is not very serious >> ! Simply this question of database I mentioned above. Anyway >> I should confess that I never compiled texlive. > > I think that's where I went wrong, the source code is not fit for public > consumption. All the people who have tried to help suggest I install > precompiled binaries of one sort or another and that's not my style. I > don't need to use Latex, I was just interested to learn more about it, > but not interested enough to install precompiled binaries. > >>> Do you know how to create the pdftex.fmt file it is looking for? >> >> Hum ! I suspect that you do not have to create it. As I said >> it is probably present but not yet findable by the compiler. >> > No, it's trivial to use find to search for a file. It did not exist. > >> Are the steps describing compilation, installation and >> particularly CONFIGURATION (the point we are interested in) >> of texlive well documented ? > > No. > >> Do you absolutely need to >> recompile this system or won't it be simpler to install the >> precompiled package. I know that it is not really the lfs >> mind to install precompiled things. Anyway doing this way you >> could work a little bit with LaTeX and make your own opinion >> if it is useful or not for you. Once you'll be convinced that >> this tool is suitable for you you might make big efforts to >> compile it. But I am not sure that recompiling the TeX >> compiler will greatly improve its performances. > > I've had quite enough frustration with Latex for now. > Thanks for your help. I'm sorry there was a delay with your mail getting > through to the list. If it had arrived a week ago I might have still had > some enthusiasm left for the problem. > > Andy > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
