> > I don't think I've ever seen this before. Having replaced the dying > hard disk, I've done a clean install of slink. The ability to use > latex seems to come and go (mostly go), and I've given the tetex files > a purge/reinstall cycle, but still no luck. > > The output is > > hawkinsttyp0:ch_1.scarcity>latex scarcity.tex > This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2) > I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!
I had a similar problem with jadetex in the past, when a similar file was not created upon installation of the .deb package. It worked after I " manually" invoked the postinstall script for the app. The *.fmt files were then created. Try the same thing for " TeX" If it works, you may want to inform the package maintainer. Cheers, Howard Mann.
