Hi Hans, It still fails :| with; [mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 265 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled. (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.05476 The output of running texexec --make $ texexec --make TeXExec | using search method 'kpsefast' TeXExec | updating file database mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-extra/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-fonts/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/ls-R... mktexlsr: Updating /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/ls-R... mktexlsr: Done. TeXExec | using tex engine pdftex TeXExec | using tex format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | generating tex format cont-en ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format cont-nl ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | generating tex format mptopdf ! I can't read pdftex.pool; bad path? TeXExec | using mp engine mpost TeXExec | using mps format path /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | generating mps format metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.993 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INIMP) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/metafun.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-base.mp Preloading the plain mem file, version 0.63) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-tool.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-spec.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-core.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-page.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-text.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-txts.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-shap.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-butt.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-char.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-step.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grph.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-figs.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-grid.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-form.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/marith.mp (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/metapost/base/string.mp)))) (/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/metapost/context/base/mp-func.mp) ) Beginning to dump on file metafun.mem (mem=metafun 2008.7.7) at most 3039 strings of total length 40264 48346 memory locations dumped; current usage is 12622&35523 1762 symbolic tokens Transcript written on metafun.log. TeXExec | TeXExec | tex engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/pdftex TeXExec | mps engine path: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c TeXExec | TeXExec | mps: 07/07/2008 00:32:13 > /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-linux-64/web2c/metafun.mem (481600) TeXExec | TeXExec | runtime: 0.246742 On Jul 6 2008, Hans Hagen wrote:
abbg770@city.ac.uk wrote:
Still fails with the same error;
[mohamed@localhost context-installation-directory]$ texexec first.tex TeXExec | processing document 'first.tex' TeXExec | no ctx file found TeXExec | tex processing method: context TeXExec | TeX run 1 TeXExec | writing option file first.top TeXExec | using randomseed 1222 TeXExec | tex engine: pdftex TeXExec | tex format: cont-en This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) \write18 enabled.
(/home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf-local/web2c/natural.tcx) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt cont-en.fmt /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 334: /home/mohamed/context-installation-directory/tex/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `cont-en.fmt'! TeXExec | runtime: 0.142191
what happens if you run
texexec --make
(makes the formats)
Hans
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