[tex-live] Error : "I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

[Fatih Arslan]

Hi,

I'm trying to build a package from the gentoo ebuild and eclasses. I'm
not using gentoo, I just follow the codes and the bash scripts in the
eclasess. I've installed successful all the necessary modules and files.
But I've have problem, which I've tried to explain below.

As the subject said, i can't run latex. I've tried several things
wihtout any success. Below you see the error output, after that you will
see the command's that I execute and the following outputs of this
execution. 

error:
ikpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!


# locate latex.fmt
output: nothing (didn't find)

Thus i ran fmtutil to create this file



# fmtutil --cnffile /usr/share/texmf/fmtutil/format.texlive-latex.cnf --fmtdir /usr/sharetexmf-var/web2c/ --all

output: nothing (blank page)

(where format.texlive-latex.cnf contains this lines) 
latex   pdftex  -       "-translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini"
pdflatex        pdftex  -       "-translate-file=cp227.tcx *pdflatex.ini"
dvilualatex     luatex  -       "dvilualatex.ini"
lualatex        luatex  -       "lualatex.ini"



# texconfig init latex

output: nothing found


# texhash

output: 
texhash: Updating //etc/texmf/ls-R... 
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf/ls-R... 
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf-dist/ls-R... 
texhash: Updating /usr/share/texmf-site/ls-R... 
texhash: Updating //var/lib/texmf/ls-R... 
texhash: Done.


# kpsewhich texmf.cnf

output:
/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
file: http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~farslan/texmf.cnf


# kpsewhich fmtutil.cnf

output:
//etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
file: http://cekirdek.pardus.org.tr/~farslan/fmtutil.cnf


#pdfetex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini

output:

pdfetex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (Web2C 2009) (INITEX)
     (/usr/share/texmf/web2c/cp227.tcx)
    entering extended mode
    ! I can't find file `latex.ini'.
    <*> *latex.ini



# kpsewhich latex.ini

output: nothing



# kpsewhich -var-value TEXINPUTS

output: nothing



# echo $TEXINPUTS

output: nothing


I guess it has something to do with TEXINPUTS variables. Actually there
are no variables set. I guess that's why fmtutil doesn't work at all.
Should i set some variables and the try to install texlive from scratch ? I
guess that these empty variables causes the system not to create the
.fmt files.

What should I do ? 

Thanks in advance
Regards

-- 
Fatih Arslan