Description of problem: TeX format files should reside in the system directory /var/lib/texmf/web2c Instead they are created separately in each users home directory in the subdirectory: .texlive2007/texmf-var/web2c This is particularly annoying if latex files are processed by a daemon, such as httpd. In that case TeX running as that daemon tries to create the directory /.texlive2007 or some other subdirectory of a sysetm directory, which fails due to lack of write permissions. In Fedora 12 and earlier this could be fixed by running the command fmtutils --missing In Fedora 13 this command does generate TeX format files in /var/lib/texmf/web2c but these files are ignored and format files are still generated in each users home directory. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-texmf-latex-2007-35.fc13.noarch How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1.Create a tex file, say test.tex in /tmp 2.su root; su -s /bin/bash apache 3.pdflatex test.tex Actual results: This is pdfTeXk, Version 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt fmtutil: format directory `/var/www/.texlive2007/texmf-var/web2c' does not exist. I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'! Expected results: TeX format files should be in /var/lib/texmf/web2c and should be available to all users including server daemons. Additional info:
There is typo in the above description fmtutils --missing should be fmtutil --missing
Hi Zbigniew, Not sure if you figured it out. We had the same problem. You can use the following work around: run texconfig-sys as root Change something and save It will solve the problem. Cheers, Compass
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