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TexLive 2012 issues

connor

# 1
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

As it has nothing to do with the download itself, I open a new thread for some issues that I have with this version in the hope that someone can help me.

1)
So I downloaded TexLive 2012 and it took hours to unpack. Then I ran "Startup TeX" to install all assings. I hoped to find the commands latex or pdflatex in the package. Both are not in there. So I ran the tex command but it says:
fmtutil: /tex/texmf-var/web2c/tex/tex.fmt installed.
/tex/texmf-var/web2c/tex/tex.fmt
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/fmtutil.1055437728': File exists
I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'!

But this file is present in two places:
TeXLive/texmf/web2c/tex/
TeXLive/texmf-var/web2c/tex/

What is needed to let it find these files? And why are latex and pdflatex missing? Could you add them, please?

2)
Then I run 'texconfig'. It needs about one minute (!) to start (Mac mini), then it gives a message that you can set some settings here and then asks for pressing return to continue, same as on Linux, and when I do hit return it then it immediately quits. So it has a bug and I cannot change any settings. What is wrong here? On Linux I get a simple text menu in colours to set the configuration.

3)
I cannot compile a tex file with 'tex' command:

Ram Disk:> tex sheet01.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2012)
(./sheet01.tex
! Undefined control sequence.
l.4 \documentclass
[12pt,a4paper]{letter}
?

Because commands 'latex' and 'pdflatex' are not in the package I ran 'tex'
command. This gives the above output. The log file gets created but stays
empty. With the 'latex' command on a Linux my document compiles. Are there
classes missing in our TeX Live?

Here is my tex file:

% sheet01.tex
%
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{letter}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\begin{document}
\address{It is me \\ 12345 New Road}
\signature{It is me \\ pidgin@localhost \\ 12345 New Road}
\date{October, 28nd}
\begin{letter}{Mr. Bernie Carlsson \\
Big Apple Street 17 \\
98765 Brighton}

\opening{Dear Bernie,}

how are you?

\closing{Best wishes,}
\cc{John \\ Newton}
\end{letter}
\end{document}
%
% end sheet01.tex
»30.10.14 - 19:56

polluks

# 2
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 803 from 2007/10/23

From: Gelsenkirchen,...
Of course you should rather try
Code:
```
tex -fmt latex sheet01.tex
```
Well, this is not smart
Code:
```
>type latex2man
/DH0/TeXLive/bin/../texmf-dist/scripts/latex2man/latex2man
```
How about using an assign?
Code:
```
/TeX/bin/../texmf-dist/scripts/latex2man/latex2man
```
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»31.10.14 - 08:53

net_buster

# 3
Just looking around

Posts: 19 from 2013/6/15
You don't need to run texconfig, at least I've never used it. The "Startup TeX" script is all you need. However, note that it's contents has been updated so you need to replace the one from the original archive. The updated version has been provided on the forum, in the original thread (post number 19).
When all assigns are correct, you just type

Code:
```
pdftex --progname=pdflatex sheet01.tex
```
See the screenshots:
a758ab361294958
and
1670de361294961
»31.10.14 - 11:06

polluks

# 4
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 803 from 2007/10/23

From: Gelsenkirchen,...

You may use this:

echo "Assigning TeX:"
assign TeX: ""
echo "Assigning texmf:"
assign texmf: TeX:texmf
echo "Adding tex:bin to c: assignment"
assign c: tex:bin/ add
echo "Adding '/c:.' to search path"
setenv PATH $PATH:/c:.
echo "Done"
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»02.11.14 - 22:14

connor

# 5

Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

Thank you guys for your repsonses.

"Of course you should rather try
Code:
tex -fmt latex sheet01.tex"

Why "of course"? Is it written somewhere? I have not found it so far.

So I do it:
Code:


Ram Disk:> tex -fmt latex sheet01.tex
This is TeXk, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2012)
restricted write18 enabled.

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
Executing: mktexfmt latex.fmt
fmtutil: running `pdftex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex
-translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' ...
fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 24000008 bytes).
fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 24000008 bytes).
Error: `pdftex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex
-translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' failed

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

This is a summary of all `failed' messages:
`pdftex -ini -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx
*latex.ini' failed
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/fmtutil.802861104': File exists
I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
Ram Disk:>

I do not know why these fatal: memory exhausted messages come. There are more than 200MB (two hundred) free and he just asks for 20MB (twenty).

"Visit the log files in directory
/tex/texmf-var/web2c
for details."

there are two directories. only in "tex" directory there is a file "tex.log". It looks like this:

Code:


This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2012) (INITEX) 27 OCT 2014 09:09
**tex.ini
(/tex/texmf-dist/tex/plain/config/tex.ini
(/tex/texmf-dist/tex/plain/base/plain.tex Preloading the plain format:
codes,
registers,
maxdimen=dimen10
hideskip=skip10
centering=skip11
p@=dimen11
z@=dimen12
z@skip=skip12
voidb@x=box10
parameters,
smallskipamount=skip13
medskipamount=skip14
bigskipamount=skip15
normalbaselineskip=skip16
normallineskip=skip17
normallineskiplimit=dimen13
jot=dimen14
interdisplaylinepenalty=count23
interfootnotelinepenalty=count24
fonts, more fonts,
itfam=fam4
slfam=fam5
bffam=fam6
ttfam=fam7
macros,
strutbox=box11
mscount=count25
tabs=box12
tabsyet=box13
tabsdone=box14
math definitions,
rootbox=box15
p@renwd=dimen15

output routines,
headline=toks10
footline=toks11
footins=insert254
topins=insert253
hyphenation (/tex/texmf/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex)) )
Beginning to dump on file tex.fmt
(format=tex 2014.10.27)
2027 strings of total length 29136
4990 memory locations dumped; current usage is 110&4877
926 multiletter control sequences
fontnullfont=nullfont
fonttenrm=cmr10
fontpreloaded=cmr9
fontpreloaded=cmr8
fontsevenrm=cmr7
fontpreloaded=cmr6
fontfiverm=cmr5
fontteni=cmmi10
fontpreloaded=cmmi9
fontpreloaded=cmmi8
fontseveni=cmmi7
fontpreloaded=cmmi6
fontfivei=cmmi5
fonttensy=cmsy10
fontpreloaded=cmsy9
fontpreloaded=cmsy8
fontsevensy=cmsy7
fontpreloaded=cmsy6
fontfivesy=cmsy5
fonttenex=cmex10
fontpreloaded=cmss10
fontpreloaded=cmssq8
fontpreloaded=cmssi10
fontpreloaded=cmssqi8
fonttenbf=cmbx10
fontpreloaded=cmbx9
fontpreloaded=cmbx8
fontsevenbf=cmbx7
fontpreloaded=cmbx6
fontfivebf=cmbx5
fonttentt=cmtt10
fontpreloaded=cmtt9
fontpreloaded=cmtt8
fontpreloaded=cmsltt10
fonttensl=cmsl10
fontpreloaded=cmsl9
fontpreloaded=cmsl8
fonttenit=cmti10
fontpreloaded=cmti9
fontpreloaded=cmti8
fontpreloaded=cmti7
fontpreloaded=cmu10
fontpreloaded=cmmib10
fontpreloaded=cmbsy10
fontpreloaded=cmcsc10
fontpreloaded=cmssbx10
fontpreloaded=cmdunh10
fontpreloaded=cmr7 at 14.51799pt
fontpreloaded=cmtt10 at 14.4pt
fontpreloaded=cmssbx10 at 14.4pt
fontpreloaded=manfnt
14787 words of font info for 50 preloaded fonts
14 hyphenation exceptions
Hyphenation trie of length 6075 has 181 ops out of 35111
181 for language 0
No pages of output.

Then you say:

"Well, this is not smart
Code:
>type latex2man
/DH0/TeXLive/bin/../texmf-dist/scripts/latex2man/latex2man"

I don't understand this. Can yopu please explain what do you mean? What shall I do? If I enter "type latex2man" from Shell it is not found somewhere (of course after setting the inital assigns from the script).

"How about using an assign?
Code:
/TeX/bin/../texmf-dist/scripts/latex2man/latex2man"

An assign to this file? How do you mean it? Yes, I can show this file in an editor. It is a perl script it says. But I cannot execute it. What should I do with it?

net_buster, you say:
"You don't need to run texconfig, at least I've never used it. The "Startup
TeX" script is all you need. However, note that it's contents has been
updated so you need to replace the one from the original archive. The
updated version has been provided on the forum, in the original thread
(post number 19).
When all assigns are correct, you just type

Code:
pdftex --progname=pdflatex sheet01.tex"

As I can see it is _not_ all that I need because it does not run. I compared the script from post #19 with mine and it is exactly the same. I managed to download the torrent from another machine and copied the bz2 archive and unpacked it on my MOS machine. So the Startup TEX script has already been same as the one in #19. I guess it was already included in the torrent archive because the torrent was announced after post #19.

Code:


Ram Disk:> pdftex --progname=pdflatex sheet01.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012)
restricted write18 enabled.
fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of 24000008 bytes).
Ram Disk:>

It fails again although there are several hundred MB of free RAM.

BTW: which editor do you use to write tex files? Scribble says it has support for TeX but when I select it the code is no coloured.

polluks, can you explain what the difference is in the changed TeX Startup? I only see some differences with the PATH. What does it do? The rest looks the same.

»04.11.14 - 16:34

connor

# 6
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

Are there some ideas out there? Please give me some input.
»13.11.14 - 20:09

connor

# 8
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

Even if I got no reply to the issues I had so far, I still hope for some answers as more problems arise.

There are several errors in Tex Live because I get the following messages.

1) Work:latex> tex -fmt dvips document.tex
This is TeXk, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2012)
restricted \write18 enabled.

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt dvips.fmt
Executing: mktexfmt dvips.fmt
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/fmtutil.800808952': File exists
I can't find the format file `dvips.fmt'!

So at first the file can be found and a second later not anymore? And what is the problem about removing the temp file?

2) Same for latex. At first it progresses very long for about 2 minutes. Then at the end I get:

Transcript written on latex.log.
fmtutil: /tex/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt installed.
/tex/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/fmtutil.1032248128': File exists
I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

The file "latex.fmt" is there, so first it can be found and three lines later the file is gone? No, it is still there. What is wrong here?

3) I want to run "dvips" command directly from TeXLive/bin but it does not work either:

Work:latex> dvips document.tex
This is dvips(k) 5.992 Copyright 2012 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
dvips: ! Bad DVI file: first byte not preamble

Any ideas out there?
»09.12.14 - 17:53

connor

# 9
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

I had to switch to Windows now to write my documents where it is all working.
»16.12.14 - 17:57

polluks

# 10
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 803 from 2007/10/23

From: Gelsenkirchen,...

Quote:

connor schrieb:
3) I want to run "dvips" command directly from TeXLive/bin but it does not work either:

Work:latex> dvips document.tex
This is dvips(k) 5.992 Copyright 2012 Radical Eye Software
(www.radicaleye.com)
dvips: ! Bad DVI file: first byte not preamble

Any ideas out there?

It's called "dvips" because it wants to read a dvi file:
dvips document.dvi
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»18.12.14 - 00:33

connor

# 11
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

Regarding DVIPS, yes, it was a simple reading error. with a dvi file instead it works of course.

I am still hoping for your explanations on the other questions, though.

And more problems arised:

There are some some files missing or not configured or I do not know how to set them right. I want to run xetex, luatex, xelatex in TeXLive but they don't work. I started them like

pdftex --progname=xelatex -shell-escape my.tex

but then it says: xetex: not found

and later:
This is a summary of all `failed' messages:
`xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed
rm: cannot remove '/tmp/fmtutil.1317524944': File exists
I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!

I tried to create missing files but it does not work either because:

fmtutil --missing
=>
xetex: not found
luatex: not found

How to make it work?

Also, why is this little command so demanding? CPU goes to full load immediately (g4 1.5GHz) and stays there for minutes just for some small batch jobs.

For installing new files I need to run mktexlsr. It finished with scanning the directory and says

mktexlsr: Done.
/>

but then the new files can not be found. When I compile a document it still asks me for the *.sty file:

! LaTeX Error: File `beamerthemeAmsterdam.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

But when I enter the full path to the file then the document compiles correctly. Why can't it be found after mktexlsr?
»12.05.15 - 18:14

connor

# 12
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

TeX Live 2015 was released: http://tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html
I am not experienced with this but would the one who ported Tex Live 2012 like to bring us up to date?
»18.06.15 - 19:10

ciVic

# 13
Cocoon

Posts: 45 from 2013/6/2

I had to remove Xetex and Lualatex as it requires UTF-8 support which was not possible. A port of 2015 would be possible but the changes are very incremental from year to year, so I think its not worth it. However, the best idea would be to create a patch from the changes for MorphOS and try to apply it to 2015.
»20.06.15 - 07:41

connor

# 14
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 570 from 2007/7/29

THanks for your info. There is UTF-8 in some MOS apps, e.g. Scribble and OWB. So it is not enough?
»23.06.15 - 17:38

ciVic

# 15
Cocoon

Posts: 45 from 2013/6/2

I think it was an UTF8 library that is needed but not available on morphos, but I'm not sure till I look at the source.
»28.06.15 - 06:42