Since I couldn't update the texlive 2009<br>distribution in my laptop, I decided to have <br>a shot at my desktop. I still have jaunty jackalope, <br>ubuntu 9.04 on my desktop. I had no network problems<br>whatsoever.<br>
tlmgr behaved well<br>and everything looks perfect but for <br>puzzling error message at the end.<br>****************output*****************<br>venkat@as-9134c1888ca4:~$ sudo tlmgr gui<br>[sudo] password for venkat: <br>
Sorry, try again.<br>[sudo] password for venkat: <br>Loading local TeX Live Database<br>This may take some time, please wait!<br>Completed.<br>Loading remote TeX Live Database<br>This may take some time, please wait!<br>Completed.<br>
venkat@as-9134c1888ca4:~$ sudo tlmgr update --self<br>tlmgr: package repository <a href="http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/dante/systems/texlive/tlnet/">http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/dante/systems/texlive/tlnet/</a><br>[1/2, ??:??/??:??] update: texlive.infra [240k] (17495 -> 17958) ... done<br>
[2/2, 00:11/00:14] update: texlive.infra.i386-linux [71k] (17447 -> 17740) ... done<br>tlmgr: package log updated at /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log<br>running mktexlsr ...<br>done running mktexlsr.<br>
venkat@as-9134c1888ca4:~$ sudo tlmgr gui<br>Loading local TeX Live Database<br>This may take some time, please wait!<br>Completed.<br>Loading remote TeX Live Database<br>This may take some time, please wait!<br>Completed.<br>
Executing action update<br>skipping forcibly removed package combine<br>[1/169] auto-remove: unroman<br>[2/169] auto-remove: garamond<br>[3/169] auto-remove: optima<br>[4/169] auto-remove: bidi<br>[5/169] auto-remove: marigold<br>
[6/169] auto-remove: coronet<br>[7/169] auto-remove: clarendo<br>[8/169] auto-remove: typespec<br>[9/169] auto-remove: lettrgth<br>[10/169] auto-remove: arrayjob<br>[11/169] auto-remove: atqolive<br>[12/169] auto-remove: albertus<br>
[13/169] auto-remove: univers<br>[14/169, ??:??/??:??] update: FAQ-en [4943k] (16865 -> 17760) ... done<br>[15/169, 01:27/40:55] update: MemoirChapStyles [669k] (15878 -> 18158) ... done<br>[16/169, 01:38/40:36] update: achemso [239k] (17482 -> 17855) ... done<br>
---more one same lines<br>[164/169, 43:27/43:44] update: collection-mathextra [1k] (17175 -> 17829) ... done<br>[165/169, 43:28/43:45] update: collection-pictures [1k] (17205 -> 18115) ... done<br>[166/169, 43:30/43:47] update: collection-plainextra [1k] (16578 -> 17826) ... done<br>
[167/169, 43:31/43:48] update: collection-publishers [1k] (17205 -> 17743) ... done<br>[168/169, 43:32/43:49] update: collection-xetex [1k] (16579 -> 17780) ... done<br>running mktexlsr ...<br>done running mktexlsr.<br>
running updmap-sys ...<br>done running updmap-sys.<br>regenerating fmtutil.cnf in /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var<br>running fmtutil-sys --byengine mpost ...<br>done running fmtutil-sys --byengine mpost.<br>regenerating language.dat<br>
running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat ...<br>done running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat.<br>regenerating language.def<br>
running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def ...<br><br>fmtutil-sys --byhyphen /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def failed (status 1), output:<br>
fmtutil: no format depends on hyphen file `/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def'.<br>******************************************************<br>What can be the reason? I ran the command<br>
sudo tlmgr update --self<br>before running the full update.<br>I tried to find the current version using <br>tlmgr --version.<br>The output is <br>***********************************<br>tlmgr --version<br>tlmgr revision 17811 (2010-04-12 06:05:03 +0200)<br>
tlmgr using installation: /usr/local/texlive/2009<br>TeX Live (<a href="http://tug.org/texlive">http://tug.org/texlive</a>) version 2009<br>************************************************<br>Is the problem indicated by the error message <br>
serious? I have checked my installation by running <br>pdflatex on a file. There was no problem.<br>Best,<br>S. Venkataraman.<br>