[arch-general] LaTeX problems ?
Hi, latex which was fine till last update is having an unmet libpoppler dependency. When I tried to install libpoppler then the complaint was that they are not in the correct format. So I guess the following needs to be done. 1) Add libpoppler as a dependency to latex 2) recompile libpoppler with latest gcc which ever it is. I can file a bug report but since the server is down I will wait. Meanwhile did any one else also notice this problem ? Regards ppk
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009:
complaint was that they are not in the correct format. So I guess the following needs to be done.
1) Add libpoppler as a dependency to latex
you are right about this.
2) recompile libpoppler with latest gcc which ever it is.
this is what I don't understand: you write "they are not in the correct format" - who is they? which program complains? It's possibly the issue that's come up on the forums: if you get something like: --- This is TeX, Version .... Fatal format file error; I'm stymied --- then you need to run 'updmap --all' (as the user you get this error with). Alternatively, you can delete the user's local texlive generated formats 'rm ~/.texlive/texmf-var/web2c/*.fmt' (then the system-wide generated formats will be used, and they do get regenerated automatically on upgrade).
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 15:22, Jan Spakula<jan.spakula@gmx.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009: It's possibly the issue that's come up on the forums: if you get something like: --- This is TeX, Version .... Fatal format file error; I'm stymied --- then you need to run 'updmap --all' (as the user you get this error with). Alternatively, you can delete the user's local texlive generated formats 'rm ~/.texlive/texmf-var/web2c/*.fmt' (then the system-wide generated formats will be used, and they do get regenerated automatically on upgrade).
i think it's 'fmtutil --all' instead of 'updmap --all'. you could also run 'fmtutil-sys --all' as root to recreate the system-wide format files. regards, chressie
Excerpts from Christian Himpel's message of Mo Aug 31 15:32:48 +0200 2009:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 15:22, Jan Spakula<jan.spakula@gmx.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009: It's possibly the issue that's come up on the forums: if you get something like: --- This is TeX, Version .... Fatal format file error; I'm stymied --- then you need to run 'updmap --all' (as the user you get this error with). Alternatively, you can delete the user's local texlive generated formats 'rm ~/.texlive/texmf-var/web2c/*.fmt' (then the system-wide generated formats will be used, and they do get regenerated automatically on upgrade).
i think it's 'fmtutil --all' instead of 'updmap --all'. you could also run 'fmtutil-sys --all' as root to recreate the system-wide format files.
Eh, of course it's fmtutil. Sorry. However the point is that 'fmtutil-sys --all' *does* get run automatically on texlive upgrade, but if the user has generated the formats themselves at some point, these formats are preferred by texlive regardless of system changes. So the user need to regenerate or delete the local format files.
Excerpts from Christian Himpel's message of Mo Aug 31 15:32:48 +0200 2009:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 15:22, Jan Spakula<jan.spakula@gmx.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009: It's possibly the issue that's come up on the forums: if you get something like: --- This is TeX, Version .... Fatal format file error; I'm stymied --- then you need to run 'updmap --all' (as the user you get this error with). Alternatively, you can delete the user's local texlive generated formats 'rm ~/.texlive/texmf-var/web2c/*.fmt' (then the system-wide generated formats will be used, and they do get regenerated automatically on upgrade).
i think it's 'fmtutil --all' instead of 'updmap --all'. you could also run 'fmtutil-sys --all' as root to recreate the system-wide format files.
Eh, of course it's fmtutil. Sorry. However the point is that 'fmtutil-sys --all' *does* get run automatically on texlive upgrade, but if the user has generated the formats themselves at some point, these formats are preferred by texlive regardless of system changes. So the user need to regenerate or delete the local format files. ~
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 15:57, Jan Spakula<jan.spakula@gmx.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Christian Himpel's message of Mo Aug 31 15:32:48 +0200 2009:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 15:22, Jan Spakula<jan.spakula@gmx.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009: It's possibly the issue that's come up on the forums: if you get something like: --- This is TeX, Version .... Fatal format file error; I'm stymied --- then you need to run 'updmap --all' (as the user you get this error with). Alternatively, you can delete the user's local texlive generated formats 'rm ~/.texlive/texmf-var/web2c/*.fmt' (then the system-wide generated formats will be used, and they do get regenerated automatically on upgrade).
i think it's 'fmtutil --all' instead of 'updmap --all'. you could also run 'fmtutil-sys --all' as root to recreate the system-wide format files.
Eh, of course it's fmtutil. Sorry.
hey, no offense :)
However the point is that 'fmtutil-sys --all' *does* get run automatically on texlive upgrade, but if the user has generated the formats themselves at some point, these formats are preferred by texlive regardless of system changes. So the user need to regenerate or delete the local format files.
yeah, you're right.. i only remembered that in my case the install script aborted (due to malformed config file or whatever) during upgrade last time and i had to call fmtutil manually. but that was probably an issue specific to my configuration.... never mind :) peace, chressie
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 03:57:26PM +0200, Jan Spakula wrote:
Excerpts from Christian Himpel's message of Mo Aug 31 15:32:48 +0200 2009:
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 15:22, Jan Spakula<jan.spakula@gmx.com> wrote:
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009: It's possibly the issue that's come up on the forums: if you get something like: --- This is TeX, Version .... Fatal format file error; I'm stymied --- then you need to run 'updmap --all' (as the user you get this error with). Alternatively, you can delete the user's local texlive generated formats 'rm ~/.texlive/texmf-var/web2c/*.fmt' (then the system-wide generated formats will be used, and they do get regenerated automatically on upgrade).
i think it's 'fmtutil --all' instead of 'updmap --all'. you could also run 'fmtutil-sys --all' as root to recreate the system-wide format files.
Eh, of course it's fmtutil. Sorry.
However the point is that 'fmtutil-sys --all' *does* get run automatically on texlive upgrade, but if the user has generated the formats themselves at some point, these formats are preferred by texlive regardless of system changes. So the user need to regenerate or delete the local format files. ~
A big thank you. the fmtutil-sys --all did the trick as I had no local packages. Somehow this is not run with the texlive update for me. Regards ppk
Jan Spakula a écrit :
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009:
complaint was that they are not in the correct format. So I guess the following needs to be done.
1) Add libpoppler as a dependency to latex
you are right about this.
yeap, my bad. I'll fix this. sorry. note that libpoppler should be a dep of "texlive-bin", not "latex".
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:39:38PM +0200, Firmicus wrote:
Jan Spakula a écrit :
Excerpts from Piyush P Kurur's message of Mo Aug 31 14:48:03 +0200 2009:
complaint was that they are not in the correct format. So I guess the following needs to be done.
1) Add libpoppler as a dependency to latex
you are right about this.
yeap, my bad. I'll fix this. sorry. note that libpoppler should be a dep of "texlive-bin", not "latex".
Thanks. Are you the maintainer of this package ? Should I file a bug report ? Best Regards ppk
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Christian Himpel
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Jan Spakula
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Jan Spakula
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Piyush P Kurur