On 2019-11-11, at 01:25, John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 6:01 PM Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> After using org-mode for 10 years, I run for the doorway when >> I even think about trying to convert an org-mode file to PDF. >> >> *** I quiver when I see errors such as: >> >> warning: kpathsea: configuration file texmf.cnf not found in these >> directories: >> /usr/bin:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr:/usr/share/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-dist/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c:/://share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c://texmf-local/web2c://texmf-dist/web2c://texmf/web2c. >> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.20 (TeX Live 2019/Arch Linux) >> (preloaded format=pdflatex) >> >> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt >> mktexfmt: No such file or directory >> I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! > > These look like latex errors to me, nothing to do with Org. Guessing These are not LaTeX errors, they are lower-level ones. > you used the arch package? I'm on arch myself, but after getting > bitten by package mismatches and things being hopelessly broken, I > switched to just using texlive directly: > - https://www.tug.org/texlive/ > > It's not that bad. There's even a quick guide to walk you through the > tl-install script. If you'd rather troubleshoot what you have going on > now, here's some places to start: > - you're missing files... figure out which package is supposed to > provide them and install it He misses LaTeX format file itself, and apparently mktexfmt (which should create it) cannot be found. This seems more serious than what you write. > - check your paths Agreed, but this may be quite subtle... Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
