On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 18:35 -0400, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > > I think the solution is to remove texlive-preview and install > > tex-preview from the Fedora 17 repo. The texlive repo no longer lists > > texlive-preview or tex-preview as a package. > > Thanks for your response. > That did the trick. > > Unfortunately when I try to LaTeX (or pdfLaTeX) a file I get the error > -------------------------- > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012) > restricted \write18 enabled. > > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! > [tim@blanche Problems]$ pdflatex Problems-08 > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012) > restricted \write18 enabled. > > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt > I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! > > [tim@blanche Problems]$ sudo yum install tex-latex > Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit > Package 1:tex-latex-svn23639-1.noarch already installed and latest version > Nothing to do > -------------------------- > > Should these .fmt files be part of the latest Fedora TeXlive distribution? > They are built on installation. I think yum reinstall tex-\* texlive-\* will fix this. -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org