Correct backtrace: change nwalsh into docbook-xsl to find: /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl/fo/docbook.xsl
Then: $ fop -xsl ./jlatexmath-fop/examples/latex.xsl -c ./jlatexmath-fop/examples/conf.xml -xml ./jlatexmath-fop/examples/latex_docbook.xml -pdf /tmp/bla.pdf [INFO] FopConfParser - Default page-height set to: 11in [INFO] FopConfParser - Default page-width set to: 8.26in [WARN] InputHandler - Note: namesp. cut : stripped namespace before processing Very simple book with mathematical formulas [WARN] InputHandler - Making portrait pages on USletter paper (8.5inx11in) [WARN] FOUserAgent - Font "Symbol,normal,700" not found. Substituting with "Symbol,normal,400". [WARN] FOUserAgent - Font "ZapfDingbats,normal,700" not found. Substituting with "ZapfDingbats,normal,400". [INFO] FOUserAgent - Rendered page #1. [WARN] FOUserAgent - Hyphenation pattern not found. URI: en. [INFO] FOUserAgent - Rendered page #2. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/scilab/forge/jlatexmath/TeXFormula at org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.fop.JLaTeXMathElement.calculate(JLaTeXMathElement.java:162) at org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.fop.JLaTeXMathElement.getDimension(JLaTeXMathElement.java:100) at org.apache.fop.fo.flow.InstreamForeignObject.prepareIntrinsicSize(InstreamForeignObject.java:112) at org.apache.fop.fo.flow.InstreamForeignObject.getIntrinsicWidth(InstreamForeignObject.java:125) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.inline.AbstractGraphicsLayoutManager.getInlineArea(AbstractGraphicsLayoutManager.java:61) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.inline.AbstractGraphicsLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(AbstractGraphicsLayoutManager.java:116) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.inline.InlineLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(InlineLayoutManager.java:329) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.inline.InlineLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(InlineLayoutManager.java:329) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.inline.LineLayoutManager.collectInlineKnuthElements(LineLayoutManager.java:698) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.inline.LineLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(LineLayoutManager.java:627) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.getNextChildElements(BlockLayoutManager.java:141) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockStackingLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(BlockStackingLayoutManager.java:289) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(BlockLayoutManager.java:113) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(BlockLayoutManager.java:105) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.getNextChildElements(BlockLayoutManager.java:141) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockStackingLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(BlockStackingLayoutManager.java:289) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(BlockLayoutManager.java:113) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.BlockLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(BlockLayoutManager.java:105) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.FlowLayoutManager.getNextChildElements(FlowLayoutManager.java:223) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.FlowLayoutManager.addChildElements(FlowLayoutManager.java:148) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.FlowLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(FlowLayoutManager.java:116) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.FlowLayoutManager.getNextKnuthElements(FlowLayoutManager.java:69) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageBreaker.getNextKnuthElements(PageBreaker.java:251) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.AbstractBreaker.getNextBlockList(AbstractBreaker.java:770) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageBreaker.getNextBlockList(PageBreaker.java:178) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageBreaker.getNextBlockList(PageBreaker.java:158) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.AbstractBreaker.doLayout(AbstractBreaker.java:389) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageBreaker.doLayout(PageBreaker.java:112) at org.apache.fop.layoutmgr.PageSequenceLayoutManager.activateLayout(PageSequenceLayoutManager.java:143) at org.apache.fop.area.AreaTreeHandler.endPageSequence(AreaTreeHandler.java:267) at org.apache.fop.fo.pagination.PageSequence.endOfNode(PageSequence.java:130) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder$MainFOHandler.endElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:360) at org.apache.fop.fo.FOTreeBuilder.endElement(FOTreeBuilder.java:190) at org.apache.xml.serializer.ToXMLSAXHandler.endElement(ToXMLSAXHandler.java:263) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:1401) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(ElemChoose.java:128) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(ElemTemplate.java:394) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemCallTemplate.execute(ElemCallTemplate.java:248) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemIf.execute(ElemIf.java:162) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemTemplate.execute(ElemTemplate.java:394) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemCallTemplate.execute(ElemCallTemplate.java:248) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.transformSelectedNodes(ElemApplyTemplates.java:395) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.execute(ElemApplyTemplates.java:178) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemLiteralResult.execute(ElemLiteralResult.java:1376) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.transformSelectedNodes(ElemApplyTemplates.java:395) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.execute(ElemApplyTemplates.java:178) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.transformSelectedNodes(ElemApplyTemplates.java:395) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.execute(ElemApplyTemplates.java:178) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemIf.execute(ElemIf.java:162) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(ElemChoose.java:141) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(ElemChoose.java:141) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(ElemChoose.java:141) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.transformSelectedNodes(ElemApplyTemplates.java:395) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemApplyTemplates.execute(ElemApplyTemplates.java:178) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.templates.ElemChoose.execute(ElemChoose.java:128) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.executeChildTemplates(TransformerImpl.java:2402) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.applyTemplateToNode(TransformerImpl.java:2272) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transformNode(TransformerImpl.java:1358) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:711) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:1275) at org.apache.xalan.transformer.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:1253) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.transformTo(InputHandler.java:293) at org.apache.fop.cli.InputHandler.renderTo(InputHandler.java:116) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.startFOP(Main.java:186) at org.apache.fop.cli.Main.main(Main.java:217) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.scilab.forge.jlatexmath.TeXFormula at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583) at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)