Bingo: root> ls -l /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Apr 19 2005 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /etc/texmf/updmap.cfg
root> rm /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg root> ls -l /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ls: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg: No such file or directory And, finally: root> apt-get install tetex-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: tetex-base Suggested packages: tetex-extra gs-gpl gs-esp gs-afpl gv postscript-viewer xpdf-reader pdf-viewer texi2html dvipng chktex lacheck rubber sam2p Recommended packages: tetex-doc dialog perl-tk The following NEW packages will be installed: tetex-base tetex-bin 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/26.0MB of archives. After unpacking 86.4MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package tetex-base. (Reading database ... 67635 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking tetex-base (from .../tetex-base_3.0-15_all.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package tetex-bin. Unpacking tetex-bin (from .../tetex-bin_3.0-14_i386.deb) ... Setting up tetex-base (3.0-15) ... done Creating config file /etc/texdoctk/texdocrc with new version Setting up tetex-bin (3.0-14) ... Creating config file /etc/texmf/fmt.d/01tetex.cnf with new version Running fmtutil-sys. This may take some time. ... Running updmap-sys. This may take some time. ... done. root> Thanks *VERY* much for your help! -- Steve Lane System, Network and Security Administrator Doudna Lab Biomolecular Structure and Mechanism Group UC Berkeley On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 07:32:47PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > Steve Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > root> cat !$ > > cat /tmp/tetex.updmap.XXjv8Wcy > > updmap-sys: config file updmap.cfg not found. > > Might be the same problem: updmap.cfg should be a normal file in > /var/lib/texmf/web2c, is it a symlink on your system? > > The same advice holds as for fmtutil.cnf: Please change things in the > files in /etc/texmf/updmap.d/, add things by adding files *.cfg in that > directory. > > Regards, Frank > -- > Frank K?ster > Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. > Z?rich > Debian Developer (teTeX) > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]