From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/52431 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Thomas A. Schmitz" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Context-minimal installation problem. Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:09 +0200 Message-ID: <0BC42038-B611-4DAC-B70E-BFF199F9A21E@uni-bonn.de> References: <200908181215.03276.john@wexfordpress.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1250617735 7883 80.91.229.12 (18 Aug 2009 17:48:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:48:55 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Aug 18 19:48:48 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MdSng-0008C6-DC for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 825DFC9A47; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:47 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id jPG10IVaMQwF; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FCA4C9A70; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:32 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 379ACC9A70 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id F6kQvgL4xhzL for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from uni-bonn.de (mail.uni-bonn.de [131.220.15.113]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A97C9A47 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:25 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [87.178.104.204] (account tschmit1@uni-bonn.de HELO [192.168.0.2]) by fe2.uni-bonn.de (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTPA id 22082245 for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:48:25 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200908181215.03276.john@wexfordpress.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:52431 Archived-At: On Aug 18, 2009, at 6:15 PM, John Culleton wrote: > Tried to install context minimals including the steps > mktexlsr > texexec --make --all > No errors at this point. But when I tried to run pdftex > I get the error message > I can't find the format file `pdftex.fmt!' > > That file is not anywhere in my personal directory. It is however in > my bigger texlive 2008 installation. > The set command shows: > TEXMFCACHE=/home/safer/context/tex/texmf-cache > TEXMFOS=/home/safer/context/tex/texmf-linux > TEXROOT=/home/safer/context/tex > so that part is OK. > > Any hints? You are using ConTeXt minimals. You are using texexec to generate the ConTeXt formats (cont-en.fmt etc.). Why would you expect a format file for pure pdftex to be produced? Thomas ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________