Subject: Problems with tetex
From: Jesper Eskilson <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: 30 Apr 2001 13:21:48 +0200

Hi,

I'm having difficulties getting latex with friends to run. I've installed
the tetex-package via setup.exe, and downloaded TDS from

ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/1.0/distrib/sources/teTeX-texmf-1.0.2.tar.gz

and unpacked it into /usr/share/texmf.

So, following the instructions in
        
        /usr/doc/Cygwin/tetex-beta-20001218.README

I did:

$ texconfig confall
Error: file texmf.cnf not found in ``//share/texmf/web2c''.
TEXMFMAIN ``//share/texmf'' seems to have the wrong value from a texmf.cnf file.
$

Hm. texmf.cnf contains several references to $SELFAUTOPARENT, but I can't
figure out how to set that correctly.

By using the *.cnf.frozen files instead of the *.cnf ones, I managed to get
as far as running "texconfig confall; texconfig rehash; texconfig init":

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$ texconfig confall
==================== binaries found by searching $PATH ===================
tex:    /usr/bin/tex
etex:   /usr/bin/etex
pdftex: /usr/bin/pdftex
omega:  /usr/bin/omega
mf:     /usr/bin/mf
mpost:  /usr/bin/mpost
tcdialog:       /usr/bin/tcdialog
dvips:  /usr/bin/dvips
xdvi not found.
kpsewhich:      /usr/bin/kpsewhich
mktexpk:        /usr/bin/mktexpk
mktextfm:       /usr/bin/mktextfm

=========================== Kpathsea variables ===========================
TEXMF=/usr/share/texmf

=============== environment variables (ok if no output here) =============

============================= search paths ===============================
         MetaPost support: .:/usr/share/texmf/metapost/support
        PostScript header: .:/usr/share/texmf/dvips//:/usr/share/texmf/pdftex//:/usr/share/texmf/tex//:/usr/share/texmf/
fonts/type1//
 TeX system documentation: .:/usr/share/texmf/doc//
       TeX system sources: .:/usr/share/texmf/source//
              Troff fonts: /usr/lib/font/devpost
                      afm: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/afm//
                     base: .:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
                      bib: .:/usr/share/texmf/bibtex/bib//:/usr/share/texmf/bibtex///
              bitmap font: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts
                      bst: .:/usr/share/texmf/bibtex/bst//:/usr/share/texmf/bibtex///
                      cnf: /usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf/we
b2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c::/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
             dvips config: .:/usr/share/texmf/dvips//
                      fmt: .:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
                       gf: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/gf////
           graphic/figure: .:/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/usr/share/texmf/tex///
                      ist: .:/usr/share/texmf/makeindex//
                     ls-R: /usr/share/texmf:/var/tmp/texfonts
                      map: .:/usr/share/texmf/fontname
                      mem: .:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
                       mf: .:/usr/share/texmf/metafont//:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/source//:/var/tmp/texfonts/source//
                   mfpool: .:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
                      mft: .:/usr/share/texmf/mft//
                       mp: .:/usr/share/texmf/metapost//
                   mppool: .:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
                      ocp: .:/usr/share/texmf/omega/ocp//
                      ofm: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/ofm//:/var/tmp/texfonts/ofm//:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm//:/var/tmp/
texfonts/tfm//:.:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm//:/var/tmp/texfonts/tfm//
                      opl: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/opl//:/var/tmp/texfonts/opl//
         other text files: .:/usr/share/texmf/kpsewhich//
                      otp: .:/usr/share/texmf/omega/otp//
                      ovf: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/ovf//:/var/tmp/texfonts/ovf//
                      ovp: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/ovp//:/var/tmp/texfonts/ovp//
                       pk: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/pk////:/var/tmp/texfonts/pk////:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/pk/modeless//
:/var/tmp/texfonts/pk/modeless//
                      tex: .:/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/usr/share/texmf/tex///
                  texpool: .:/usr/share/texmf/web2c
                      tfm: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm//:/var/tmp/texfonts/tfm//
           truetype fonts: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/truetype//
              type1 fonts: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1//
             type42 fonts: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/type42//
                       vf: .:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//
              web2c files: /usr/share/texmf/web2c
$ texconfig rehash
mktexlsr: Done.
$ texconfig init
Running mf to create plain base ...
! mf.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Done.

! tex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `tex -ini -fmt=tex -progname=tex tex.ini' failed

! tex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `tex -ini -fmt=latex -progname=latex latex.ini' failed

! tex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `etex -ini -efmt=etex -progname=etex *etex.ini' failed

! tex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `etex -ini -efmt=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed

! pdftex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `pdftex -ini -fmt=pdftex -progname=pdftex pdftex.ini' failed

! pdftex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `pdftex -ini -fmt=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex pdflatex.ini' failed

! pdfetex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `pdfetex -ini -efmt=pdfetex -progname=pdfetex *pdfetex.ini' failed

! pdfetex.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `pdfetex -ini -efmt=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex *pdfelatex.ini' failed

! omega.pool doesn't match; otangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `omega -ini -fmt=omega -progname=omega omega.ini' failed

! omega.pool doesn't match; otangle me again (or fix the path).
Error: `omega -ini -fmt=lambda -progname=lambda lambda.ini' failed

###############################################################################
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /usr/share/texmf/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

This is a summary of all `failed' messages:
`tex -ini -fmt=tex -progname=tex tex.ini' failed
`tex -ini -fmt=latex -progname=latex latex.ini' failed
`etex -ini -efmt=etex -progname=etex *etex.ini' failed
`etex -ini -efmt=elatex -progname=elatex *elatex.ini' failed
`pdftex -ini -fmt=pdftex -progname=pdftex pdftex.ini' failed
`pdftex -ini -fmt=pdflatex -progname=pdflatex pdflatex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -efmt=pdfetex -progname=pdfetex *pdfetex.ini' failed
`pdfetex -ini -efmt=pdfelatex -progname=pdfelatex *pdfelatex.ini' failed
`omega -ini -fmt=omega -progname=omega omega.ini' failed
`omega -ini -fmt=lambda -progname=lambda lambda.ini' failed
Running mpost to create plain mem ...
! mp.pool doesn't match; tangle me again (or fix the path).
Done.

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Any clues? Am I using the incorrect TDS? If so, where can I find the
correct one?

/Jesper
-- 
Jesper Eskilson
Virtutech AB

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