Re: Some update woes on Linux

["Mojca Miklavec" <mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com>]

Hello,

Most things seem to be fine, you only forgot to run
    texexec --xtx --make --all
to make the XeTeX-specific format.

Mojca

On 11/6/07, Jeff Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After searching the archives and reading the wikis, I'm still at loss
> on this one. :(
>
> I installed TexLive 2007 on Ubuntu Gutsy through the repository
> package. All went well.
>
> However, given that I have to use XeTeX and that the ConTeXt that was
> installed with the package dates from May 2007, which is between
> January and 08.29, to be sure everything was okay I updated ConTeXt.
>
> I did it manually because ctxtools didn't work. A problem with the
> paths. First red flag, but I went on manually.
>
> I got the newest cont-tmf.zip and unzipped it in /usr/share/texmf and
> regenerated the formats by doing:
>
> texexec --make --all
>
> To check I had the correct version, I ran, on the commandline, these two:
>
> texexec --check
>
> and:
>
> ctxtools --contextversion
>
> Both gave me 2007.09.28 16:52, which seems quite correct.
>
> However, when I try to compile a document (with the --xtx option), I
> get the following error:
>
> ConTeXt  ver: 2007.04.17 12:51 MKII  fmt: 2007.11.5  int: english/english
>
> language        : language en is active
> system          : cont-new loaded
> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/cont-new.tex
>
> FatalError      : Your format does not match the base files!
>
> FormatVersion   : 2007.04.17 12:51 MKII
> FilesVersion    : 2007.09.28 16:52
>
> Clearly, there is something I must do that I don't know about or that
> I haven't found anywhere. Anyone can help? I figure it's simple -- and
> with all those numerous update questions around, I'm still stumped.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any help.
> Cheers!
> Jeff Smith
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