at the end of the install script : echo Wait while format files are made, which may take some minutes ... >&2 (cd $work_dir; $bindir/texconfig init > $VARTEXMF/texconfig.log) The log of the texconfig run is in $VARTEXMF/texconfig.log. echo ... now remaking filename database .... >&2 --> The: command not found :-) -- Michel Bovani