arch [arch-announce] TeXLive 2013 update may require user intervention

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Rémy Oudompheng wrote:

 

TeXLive 2013 packages will be available soon in `[extra]`: users upgrading from

TeXLive 2012 will likely encounter the following error message when trying to

use a TeX engine (like latex, xelatex, luatex):

 

 

(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

 

 

You can recognize such a situation in the pacman output during installation:

 

 

>>> texlive: recreating all formats...

 

/usr/bin/fmtutil: line 395: /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/

tcfmgr: No such file

or directory

 

fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.

 

done.

 

 

To solve the situation, the simplest solution if you did not do any changes to

files in `/etc/texmf`, is to overwrite configuration files with the `.pacnew`

files installed by `pacman`. The `pacdiff` utility may be used for that purpose.

 

After merging the configuration files, run the following command:

 

 

fmtutil-sys --all > /dev/null

 

 

it should not return error messages: please open a bug report if you see any

problems.

 

Removing TeXLive 2012 before installing TeXLive 2013 can also workaround the

issue.

 

URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/texlive-2013-update-may-require-user-intervention/

 

 

If you don't know what TeX Live even is (Ok......Neither did I) Here is some links to introduce you:

 

Tex Live Wiki

Tex Live Arch Wiki

Tex Live Users Groups

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Thanks for posting it