[F29] Command dvipdfmx (texlive) does not work

[Marco Guazzone]

Hi,

On my Fedora 29, the command dvipdfmx does not work:

$ rpm -q texlive-dvipdfmx
texlive-dvipdfmx-20180414-28.fc29.x86_64
$ dvipdfmx
bash: dvipdfmx: command not found

Indeed, the executable file '/usr/bin/dvipdfmx' is a broken link that
points to a nonexistent file:

$ ls -al /usr/bin/dvipdfmx
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Nov 26 19:22 /usr/bin/dvipdfmx -> xdvipdfmx
$ ls -al /usr/bin/xdvipdfmx
ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/xdvipdfmx': No such file or directory

I tried to reinstall the texlive-dvipdfmx package with no success.
I already filed a bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1657755

I would like to know if some of you has this problem too, and if (s)he
already found a workaround.

Thank you in advance for your help.

Best,

Marco

[Jon Ingason]

Den 2018-12-11 kl. 18:43, skrev Marco Guazzone:
> Hi,
>
> On my Fedora 29, the command dvipdfmx does not work:
>
> $ rpm -q texlive-dvipdfmx
> texlive-dvipdfmx-20180414-28.fc29.x86_64
> $ dvipdfmx
> bash: dvipdfmx: command not found
>
> Indeed, the executable file '/usr/bin/dvipdfmx' is a broken link that
> points to a nonexistent file:
>
> $ ls -al /usr/bin/dvipdfmx
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 9 Nov 26 19:22 /usr/bin/dvipdfmx -> xdvipdfmx
> $ ls -al /usr/bin/xdvipdfmx
> ls: cannot access '/usr/bin/xdvipdfmx': No such file or directory
>
> I tried to reinstall the texlive-dvipdfmx package with no success.
> I already filed a bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1657755
>
> I would like to know if some of you has this problem too, and if (s)he
> already found a workaround.
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Best,
>
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You need to install texlive-xetex-7:20180414-28.fc29.x86_64 which
provide /usr/bin/xdvipdfmx.

[Marco Guazzone]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 8:00 PM Jon Ingason  wrote:
> You need to install texlive-xetex-7:20180414-28.fc29.x86_64 which
> provide /usr/bin/xdvipdfmx.
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Jon Ingason

Hi Jon,

Thank you very much. It works.
I'll add your suggestion in the reported bug page.

Best regards,

Marco