The previous error messages showed that the locale was not configured. I configured the locale but the problem persists but now with an additional PANIC:
==== /tmp/fmtutil.kYG8CZ8c No pages of output. Transcript written on pdfetex.log. fmtutil [INFO]: log file copied to: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfetex.log fmtutil [INFO]: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfetex.fmt installed. fmtutil [INFO]: --- remaking dvilualatex with luatex fmtutil: running `luatex -ini -jobname=dvilualatex -progname=dvilualatex dvilualatex.ini' ... PANIC: unprotected error in call to Lua API (zlib library version does not match - header: 1.2.13, library: 1.3) Aborted fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luatex -ini -jobname=luatex -progname=luatex luatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 134 fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luahbtex -ini -jobname=luahbtex -progname=luahbtex luatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 134 fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luatex -ini -jobname=dviluatex -progname=dviluatex dviluatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 134 fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luahbtex -ini -jobname=lualatex -progname=lualatex lualatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 134 fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict fmtutil [ERROR]: running `luatex -ini -jobname=dvilualatex -progname=dvilualatex dvilualatex.ini </dev/null' return status: 134 fmtutil [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict fmtutil [INFO]: log file copied to: /var/lib/texmf/web2c/luatex/dvilualatex.log fmtutil [INFO]: successfully rebuilt formats: 8 fmtutil [INFO]: failed to build: 5 (luatex/luatex luahbtex/luahbtex luatex/dviluatex luahbtex/lualatex luatex/dvilualatex) fmtutil [INFO]: total formats: 13 fmtutil [INFO]: exiting with status 5 =====