Description of problem: No compilation possible as fmt files are missing Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-2010-5.20100430.fc13.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install latest texlive Actual results: I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! Expected results: Compilation Additional info: I tried to compile this file : $ cat test.tex \documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} %\usepackage{multirow} \begin{document} {\fontfamily{rsfs}\selectfont AZERTYUIOP} \end{document} Gives : $ latex test.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11-beta (Web2C 2010/dev) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'! $ pdflatex test.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11-beta (Web2C 2010/dev) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! [MarbolanGos@fedoraport test]$ pdflatex test.tex This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.11-beta (Web2C 2010/dev) kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! I tried to find those files with yum : # yum provides \*/latex.fmt No Matches found # yum provides \*/pdflatex.fmt No Matches found
Could you try to run fmtutil-sys --all ? This should regenerate missing fmt files. The fmt files are actually not shipped in TeX Live packages but generated in %post scriptlets so it is perfectly fine that you don't see them in packages themselves.
Hello, sorry I solved this issue by removing all latex packages this morning and reinstalling everything. Thanks for the explanation.
(In reply to comment #1) > Could you try to run fmtutil-sys --all ? This should regenerate missing fmt > files. It doesn't (texlive-2010 as of today). Never has, AFAIR. > The fmt files are actually not shipped in TeX Live packages but generated in > %post scriptlets so it is perfectly fine that you don't see them in packages > themselves.