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Created attachment 510282 [details] Simple sample file on which XeLaTeX bails. Description of problem: On a fresh, updated Fedora 15 install, XeLaTeX fails complaining about files more than 5 years old, and that it "can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!". $ xelatex xetexsample.tex This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) %&-line parsing enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt fmtutil: running `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' ... This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexconfig/xelatex.ini (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/xetexconfig/unicode-letters.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg) ./texsys.aux found \@currdir set to: ./. Assuming \openin and \input have the same search path. Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser. catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2, parameters, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file ! That is more than five years old. ! ! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format ! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files ! before continuing to build LaTeX. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} ? ! Emergency stop. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} No pages of output. Transcript written on xelatex.log. Error: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed ############################################################################### fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully. Visit the log files in directory /home/james/.texlive2007/texmf-var/web2c for details. ############################################################################### This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed warning: kpathsea: mktexfmt output `This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX) %&-line parsing enabled. entering extended mode (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexconfig/xelatex.ini (/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/xetexconfig/unicode-letters.tex) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg) ./texsys.aux found \@currdir set to: ./. Assuming \openin and \input have the same search path. Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser. catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2, parameters, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file ! That is more than five years old. ! ! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format ! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files ! before continuing to build LaTeX. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} ? ! Emergency stop. l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!} No pages of output. Transcript written on xelatex.log.' instead of a filename. I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'! Offending sample TeX file attached. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): texlive-texmf-xetex-2007-37.fc15.noarch texlive-xetex-2007-62.fc15.x86_64 texlive-texmf-latex-2007-37.fc15.noarch texlive-latex-2007-62.fc15.x86_64 Additional info: This seems to be fixed in TeXLive 2010 and later --- consider pushing this to updates?
As a workaround, install TeX Live 2011 from <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/TeXLive> Then reinstall package texlive-xetex. Worked for me.
I upgraded to texlive 2011, which removed the "more than 5 years old" error, but even with Tiago's "yum reinstall texlive-xetex" I still get the error: $ xelatex xtemp This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-0.9997.5 (TeX Live 2011) restricted \write18 enabled. kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
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I have the same problem with texlive-xetex-svn26330.0.9997.5-16.fc18.noarch in F18. It worked in F17. It does not work in F18.
Stracing "fmtutils-sys --all" shows some interesting lines, like /bin/kpsewhich finds libkpathsea.so.6 in /builddir/build/BUILD/... Configuration is read: # fmtutil-sys --catcfg xelatex xetex language.dat -etex xelatex.ini xetex xetex language.def -etex xetex.ini But kpsewich cannot find xelatex.ini: # "kpsewhich" "-progname=xelatex" "-format=tex" "xelatex.ini" # echo $? 1 After installing texlive-latex: xelatex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -V 5" oh2013-gulag.tex This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-0.9999 (TeX Live 2013/dev) restricted \write18 enabled. xelatex: fatal: Could not undump 1114113 8-byte item(s) from /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt. /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/xelatex.ini is provided by texlive-latexconfig. Now fmtutil-sys --all does a lot of things, but prints warning: (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/preload.cfg (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/preload.ltx kpathsea: Running mktextfm cmex10 /usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for cmex10. /usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ? mktextfm: Running mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmex10 /bin/mktextfm: řádek 96: mf: příkaz nenalezen grep: cmex10.log: Adresář nebo soubor neexistuje mktextfm: `mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmex10' failed to make cmex10.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. [...] Beginning to dump on file xelatex.fmt (format=xelatex 2013.2.8) 69835 strings of total length 61230 44389 memory locations dumped; current usage is 264&42421 3256 multiletter control sequences \font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/7=nullfont \font\OMX/cmex/m/n/10=cmex10 ! Can't \dump a format with native fonts or font-mappings. <*> xelatex.ini ? ! Emergency stop. <*> xelatex.ini No pages of output. Transcript written on xelatex.log. Warning: `xetex -ini -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' possibly failed. fmtutil: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-var/web2c/xetex/xelatex.fmt installed. I guess something is missing.
And /usr/bin/mf is provided by texlive-metafont. After installing it, compilation format complains on missing fonts: kpathsea: Running mktexmf cmex10 ! I can't find file `cmex10'. <*> ...:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input cmex10 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. [...] Beginning to dump on file xelatex.fmt (format=xelatex 2013.2.8) 69835 strings of total length 61230 44389 memory locations dumped; current usage is 264&42421 3256 multiletter control sequences \font\OMS/cmsy/m/n/7=nullfont \font\OMX/cmex/m/n/10=cmex10 ! Can't \dump a format with native fonts or font-mappings. <*> xelatex.ini ? ! Emergency stop. <*> xelatex.ini
The computer modern fonts are provided by texlive-cm. After installing it fmutils-sys --all passes. However using xelatex fails on missing encoding styles now: (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fixltx2e.sty) ************************************************* * LaTeX warning: "xparse/redefine-command" * * Redefining document command \oldstylenums with arg. spec. 'm' on line 107. ************************************************* ) (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/fontspec/fontspec-xetex.sty (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty ! Package fontenc Error: Encoding file `eu1enc.def' not found. (fontenc) You might have misspelt the name of the encoding.
The encoding definitions are provided by texlive-euenc. Then /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/graphics.cfg cannot find xetex.def. xetex.def is provided texlive-xetex-def. After installing these two packages, I'm able to translate my XeLaTeX document despite it complains on some missing files: ** WARNING ** Could not open config file "dvipdfmx.cfg". ** WARNING ** Failed to load AGL file "pdfglyphlist.txt"... ** WARNING ** Failed to load AGL file "glyphlist.txt"...
Glyph lists are provided by texlive-glyphlist.
Everything seems happy now in F19. Everyone OK for me to close this off?
Unfortunately I am still seeing this error in F19. Installing texlive-euenc and texlive-xetex-def fixes the problem, but they should perhaps be added as dependencies?
Agree with comment #12: texlive-euenc and texlive-xetex-def should probably be dependencies on texlive-xetex, as installing these (missing) packages fixes the missing .def files.
I have same problem in F20. /usr/bin/mktexfmt: line 395: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
Marcela, I have the same issue on F21. What package is needed to fix this?
'dnf install texlive-texconfig' fixes the issue from comment #14 for me.
I've run into comment #8 today on f22. Would be nice to edit requires for texlive-xetex as suggested in comment #13.
I confirm that the problem exists in F22 and the solution suggested in comment #13 works.
The issue from comment #14 is still present in fedora 23. And the solution from comment #15 works partially: it fixes the immediate problem (missing /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/texconfig/tcfmgr) but then xelatex complains about not finding cmr10 (http://paste.fedoraproject.org/311922/12090145) I tried installing texlive-euenc and texlive-xetex-def, but the problem persists.
Ok, I found the missing package: I also had to install texlive-cm.
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