[XeTeX] I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
Peter Dyballa
Peter_Dyballa at Web.DE
Thu Aug 9 10:48:53 CEST 2007
Am 09.08.2007 um 06:06 schrieb Mike Maxwell:
> At any rate, the command
> fmtutil --enablefmt xelatex
> gives the output
> fmtutil: initial config file is `/usr/share/texmf/web2c/
> fmtutil.cnf'
> fmtutil: configuration file unchanged.
> and still no xelatex.fmt file.
That's correct: the enablefmt option would just uncomment a line in
fmtutil.cnf which describes how the XeLaTeX format file would be
made. And since the XeLaTeX format was already enabled the
configuration file was not changed.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Is there another way to create this elusive
> xelatex/xelatex.fmt file?
You need to invoke fmtutil with an option that makes it create the
format file. A simple
fmtutil --help
would reveal the options available. A
fmtutil --missing
would suffice to generate the missing FMT files. *For you, i.e. your
personal setup.*
One thing needs to be taken into account: it's the difference between
a personal and a system wide installation. When using ``fmtutil´´ you
create only personal files, while ``fmtutil-sys´´ serves the system.
Your system's TeX installation is set up with such -sys utilities, so
in case of a system update this will have up-to-date FMT and other
files and programmes while you will still have some old "software"
that might not work with these new files and programmes. A
fmtutil --refresh
would adapt you personal FMT files to the new programmes and files.
So check exactly what you have in your ~/.texlive2007/texmf-var tree
and whether you want to continue using this *unsupported* personal
stuff instead of the system's supported stuff. The personal utilities
you've already found become system utilities by
sudo -H <utility>-sys
--
Greetings
Pete
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a night, but set a man on
fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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