Can someone help me with some idea about this issue?:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EduardoBohoyo/posts/Q4FPz2CYnbp
Do you need any extra data? Or, in any case, somebody had the same problem during upgrade, whether it is an spanish KF5 or it is other language? In my case, Kile doesn't compile anymore with certain font packages.
Thanks in advance.
No experience with this, but possible to try lyx?
I worked many time ago with Lyx. It is an excellent app, and it helped me to start with the LaTeX edition. But finally it turn out generating quit a few unnecessary code I would like to avoid. I know, I know: I'm pretty persnickety here :)
Eventually, that is my only very important and obstinate issue afther our last great upgrade, and although it is important to me, it isn't really urgent. I will end up finding out a solution, sure, either reaching a compromise provisionally or hitting the nail on the head.
As always, it is a little personal challenge ;)
Thanks again for your quick answer, demm.
I had the same issue during upgrade (dutch, not spanish). It seems a file (texmf.cnf) is missing.
I need tex especially as an utility for lilypond (music notation program). I've not yet remarked issues In lilypond compiling fonts.
Any of you checked here?
Anything similar already reported? Report there needed?
If you need tex only for lilypond, Frescobali (graphical frontend for Lilypond) is available in KCP.
Cellix: since kile isn't lilypond compliant, I use frescobaldi. Works great. I've seen it's on the wishlist of kile to make it lilypond compliant.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23584/why-is-tex-ignoring-texmf-cnf?rq=1
Ok. All lead to think that the key is not Kile, but the absence of the file?
Then, any clue why I compile perfectly my pdfs with Modern Latin package, but it is impossible with Libertine package and others? Always, after the failed compilation, a log appears by default about the respective missed .sty files :?
Despite this question, I "agree" with both, Thomas and demm, that I have to follow definitely this trail :
Thanks.
texmf.cnf is not missing, it is part of texlive-core, as the article explains, it needs to get some work on changes.
locate texmf.cnf
/etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
$ pacman -Qo /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf is owned by texlive-core 2014.34872-1
When you regenerate the formats fmtutil-sys --all has the issue then disappeared?
Maybe tex 'knows' nothing about some of your fonts. So before recreating all formats, you have to run kpsewhich in a shell. (for an exhaustive explanation about kpathsea and kpsewhich: )
Kpathsea reads runtime configuration files named texmf.cnf for search path and other definitions. The search path used to look for these configuration files is named TEXMFCNF.
Kpathsea reads all texmf.cnf files in the search path, not just the first one found; definitions in earlier files override those in later files. Thus, if the search path is ‘.:$TEXMF’, values from ./texmf.cnf override those from $TEXMF/texmf.cnf.
If Kpathsea cannot find any texmf.cnf file, it reports a warning including all the directories it checked.
Kpsewhich is a path lookup and expansion for kpathsea. See manpage. man kpsewhich
Updmap or updmap-sys updates the default font map files used by pdftex, dvips, and dvipdfm(x), and optionally pxdvi, as determined by all configuration files updmap.cfg (the ones returned by running "kpsewhich --all updmap.cfg").
Among other things, these map files are used to determine which fonts should be used as bitmaps and which as outlines, and to determine which font files are included in the PDF or PostScript output.
Updmap-sys is intended to affect the system-wide configuration, while updmap affects personal configuration files only, overriding the system files. As a consequence, once updmap has been run, even a single time, running updmap-sys no longer has any effect (updmap-sys issues a warning in this situation). By default, the TeX filename database (ls-R) is also updated.
The command mktexlsr is used to generate the ls-R databases used by the kpathsea
library. It will create them for the specified directories, or for a default list if no directories are specified.
So the right order to add fonts or files to tex is
put the added files on the right location
control configuration files of kapthsea via kpsewhich
updmap-sys or updmap
mktexlsr
regenerating formats
demm, your second command is OK for me too.
$ pacman -Qo /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf
/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf es propiedad de texlive-core 2014.34872-1
But the first command generate nothing :(
$ locate texmf.cnf
$I misunderstood the article. But afther another closer look over the article, I realize that my problem has nothing to do with a presumed missing texmf.cnf. Sorry about my poor reading english :, aside my weak writted.
Ah! But, nevertheless, I have the two files (the real file and the link in their respective paths) :
:!: I don't understand why my empty command's result :?:
Might be you need to run "sudo updatedb" manually one time, though systemd should run this on each boot. Then "locate" will work.
Thomas, I will have a look at your two last comments, and I will report.
Might be you need to run "sudo updatedb" manually one time, though systemd should run this on each boot. Then "locate" will work.
Perfect! You nailed it again, demm :)
My systemd works fine, but I had just reinstalled texlive without restart the computer before entering the command.
Since I have already said, I will report back to you all about the Thomas' advices.
When you regenerate the formats fmtutil-sys --all has the issue then disappeared?
Thanks, Thomas. The answer is no, the issue keeps going. with several font packages:
'kpfonts.sty' not found,
'libertine.sty not found,
'mathdesign.sty' not found.
The same every time I change between this packages, except with ; which, as I had told you, runs fine.
This was my first try. I will keep this days researching. will be my next step. I'll share whether it turn to be the key or not.
I suggest also to read about the updmap (= update fontmap files for TeX output drivers), beginning with the manual page man updmap and maybe to continue reading this page .
I've edited extensively my previous post about kpathsea and made some corrections ( I had to re-member all this stuff).
When running kile this morning it was clear to me that kile is not yet very stable. When running kile, dolphin had problems to show the contents of the folders. Can someone confirm this?
Thanks again, Thomas. I will keep in mind all that.
Well, as I promised, I'm going to report my outcomes after wandering around to solve our tribulations about this thread. It has been a long trip thrashing around blindly in spite of the Thomas' thoughtful advice, but I'm going to be short.
In a nutshell, I have got six of one :( and half a dozen of the other . I suppose it is so due to that on one hand I'm not a very qualified user, but on the other hand I am quite stubborn:
1- So far it has been impossible for me to solve the LaTeX installation warning https://plus.google.com/u/0/+EduardoBohoyo/posts/Q4FPz2CYnbp, which I shared with Thomas. All in good time, used to say my grandmother. And also, changing to another subject, I can confirm that Kile is a bit unstable at present. It worked great in my openSUSE with KDE 4, but now I am sure it's not a KaOS problem, but a Plama 5 logic to do. Thus, not a big deal relating to that.
2- However, regarding my Kile's inner warnings after every compilation with the missing .sty files. I have great news. Somebody will say that the solution stands on its own weight; but I insist: I'm not a geek. Well, the fact is that I recovered all the missing fonts of my past after installing the texlive-fontsextra package. It is already in KCP since I proved it during some days with any issue.
My mistake was thinking that both, 1 and 2 subjects, were linked : . But, as I have said, I'm very pig headed too ;)
Thanks again for the clues. All I have to add is that I uploaded this morning the Texstudio package to KCP too, because of its great stability within KaOS these days while I was testing provisionally a solid alternative for Kile. In the past I have tried LaTeXila, Gedit with its plugins, eMacs, etc., after initiate myself with Latex thanks to Lyx (great program, but not for me long ago). Definitely, I prefer Texstudio above all others I have known, at least for now :)
