TeXlive 2012 problem

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Tue, 2012-07-10 at 18:35 -0400, Timothy Murphy wrote: 
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> 
> > I think the solution is to remove texlive-preview and install
> > tex-preview from the Fedora 17 repo.  The texlive repo no longer lists
> > texlive-preview or tex-preview as a package.
> 
> Thanks for your response.
> That did the trick.
> 
> Unfortunately when I try to LaTeX (or pdfLaTeX) a file I get the error
> --------------------------
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> 
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
> I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
> [tim at blanche Problems]$ pdflatex Problems-08
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> 
> kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt
> I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
> 
> [tim at blanche Problems]$ sudo yum install tex-latex
> Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
> Package 1:tex-latex-svn23639-1.noarch already installed and latest version
> Nothing to do
> --------------------------
> 
> Should these .fmt files be part of the latest Fedora TeXlive distribution?
> 

They are built on installation.  I think yum reinstall tex-\* texlive-\*
will fix this.

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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu