[XeTeX] Linux setup question

[Felix Huang]

Dennis Drescher <dennis_drescher at sil.org> writes:

> I've just installed XeTeX on my Ubuntu Edgy system. All seemed to go 
> well but when I try to typeset some of the sample text I get this:
>
> laptop:~/work/projects/XeTeX/Samples$ xetex FontSamples.tex
> This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.995 (Web2C 7.5.5)
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xetex.fmt
> mktexfmt: no info for format `xetex'.
> I can't find the format file `xetex.fmt'!
>
> The xetex.fmt file exists in /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c So I'm not 
> sure what the problem is.
Does kpsewhich xetex.fmt return the location of xetex.fmt? I installed XeTeX on
the same system as yours except that my xetex.fmt is at /var/lib/texmf/web2c/xetex.fmt

>
> I am new at XeTeX and it has been a long time since I've used TeX in 
> general. If anyone on this list has any idea what I'm doing wrong I 
> would really appreciate knowing. Thanks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Dennis
>
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