Mailing List Archive: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found

texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found

Oct 27, 2004, 12:36 AM

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Hello all

I just finished the installation of a mediawiki on a shared hosting
environment; everything went well, I even managed to compile the texvc
binary in the math-subdirectory.
However, here's where the trouble start.
I am trying to convert a formula using texvc on a command prompt (for
testing reasons), but I'll get an error fmtutil.cnf can't be found.

I had to compile the whole tex-packages in a temp-directory and have now
moved the following files into a final directory (which lies in my path):
latex (a symbolic link to tex), tex, dvips, mktexfmt (a symbolic link to
fmtutil), fmtutil, kpsewhich and now, because of the error message,
fmtutil.cnf.

As I said, the directory containing fmtutil.cnf lies in the path, but for
some reason, fmtutil does not find it.

Is there anything I can do?

Thanks very much
thomas

Re: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found [ In reply to ]

pg at levana

Oct 27, 2004, 12:43 AM

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[...]

> I had to compile the whole tex-packages in a temp-directory and have now
> moved the following files into a final directory (which lies in my path):
> latex (a symbolic link to tex), tex, dvips, mktexfmt (a symbolic link to
> fmtutil), fmtutil, kpsewhich and now, because of the error message,
> fmtutil.cnf.

That is definitely not the way to install TeX. Get a minimal TeX
installation and copy all files. Don't even think of doing it on a
simple file by file basis (unless you are an expert).

Patrick

RE: Re: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found [ In reply to ]

tkhobbes at gmx

Oct 27, 2004, 1:03 AM

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Hi Patrick

> That is definitely not the way to install TeX. Get a minimal TeX
> installation and copy all files. Don't even think of doing it on a
> simple file by file basis (unless you are an expert).

Thanks. Can you (or someone else) tell me what to download (or how to
./configure tex) in order to get the minimal requirements for texvc? I am
not a tex-expert; I searched on dante.de a little bit, but unfortunately, I
have really no idea what to get...

Thanks very much

thomas

Re: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found [ In reply to ]

pg at levana

Oct 27, 2004, 1:21 AM

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Hello Thomas,

> Thanks. Can you (or someone else) tell me what to download (or how to
> ./configure tex) in order to get the minimal requirements for texvc? I am
> not a tex-expert; I searched on dante.de a little bit, but unfortunately, I
> have really no idea what to get...

OK, what OS do you use?

Does texvc require LaTeX? Or is plain TeX sufficient?

see for example http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-4.htm ; I don't
know much about it.

Perhaps you should ask on a TeX related mailinglist; tex-d-l would
probably the first choice. And (although probably impractical) texlive
can be used to create a pretty minmal TeX installation iirc.

Patrick

RE: Re: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found [ In reply to ]

tkhobbes at gmx

Oct 27, 2004, 1:39 AM

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> > Thanks. Can you (or someone else) tell me what to download
> (or how to
> > ./configure tex) in order to get the minimal requirements
> for texvc? I am
> > not a tex-expert; I searched on dante.de a little bit, but
> unfortunately, I
> > have really no idea what to get...
>
> OK, what OS do you use?

FreeBSD

> Does texvc require LaTeX? Or is plain TeX sufficient?

No, it definitively requires LaTeX.

> see for example http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-4.htm ; I don't
> know much about it.

I'll have a look at it...

thomas

Re: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found [ In reply to ]

pg at levana

Oct 27, 2004, 1:53 AM

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Hello Thomas,

>> OK, what OS do you use?

> FreeBSD

with

>> Does texvc require LaTeX? Or is plain TeX sufficient?

> No, it definitively requires LaTeX.

and

>> see for example http://www.pragma-ade.com/download-4.htm ; I don't
>> know much about it.
>
> I'll have a look at it...

results:

Then you're out of luck there. And I am out of my wits.

Patrick

Re: Re: texvc (Formulas): fmtutil.cnf can't be found [ In reply to ]

ribamar at cwazy

Oct 27, 2004, 4:43 AM

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On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:03:59AM +0200, Thomas Keller wrote:
> Hi Patrick
>
> > That is definitely not the way to install TeX. Get a minimal TeX
> > installation and copy all files. Don't even think of doing it on a
> > simple file by file basis (unless you are an expert).
>
> Thanks. Can you (or someone else) tell me what to download (or how to
> ./configure tex) in order to get the minimal requirements for texvc? I am
> not a tex-expert; I searched on dante.de a little bit, but unfortunately, I
> have really no idea what to get...
>

Try search for a fitted distribution in http://tex.loria.fr/distributions.html

-Riba