----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Geoff Newson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 1999 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SuSE Linux] LaTex
>
> "Geoff Newson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > My problem is that I cannot generate the format files for latex.
> > I have tried
> > texconfig init
> > but that only wrote output to logfiles.
> > Help please.
> > Geoff Newson
>
> What are you trying to get it to do? Are you building your own
> version of LaTeX, are you adding packages or new hyphenation, or did
> you simply want to configure teTeX for your own installation?
> Assuming the permissions are set correctly you need to be root to get
> texconfig to change your installation of teTeX in any permanent way.
> (I would suspect.) What errors are shown in your logfile?
>
> Hope to be of some help ((La)TeX is loads of fun)
When I type the command: latex mydoc.tex
I get the error message: I can't find default format file!
I remebered seeing some FAQ or something that said the answer to this was to
run texconfig init and this would generate the missing format files. It
didn't.
If you can help I would appreciate it.
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