Re: Latex2e

> I am installing Latex2e on top of teTeX after invoking the command initex
> latex.ltx I am prompting of an error indicated below and so installation of
> latex23 never suceed.
> 
> This is METAFONT version 2.7182 (Web2c 7.45
> kpathsea : running mktexfmt mf.base
> fmutil: format 'mf' not available
> I cant find base file mf.base

Please, when writing a bug report, never re-type screen output "by hand"
- always copy/paste.

If you are really using a teTeX release with
  This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182 (Web2C 7.4.5)
(note: uppercase C, version is 7.4.5 not 7.45), then this must
be something like teTeX-2.0 (released in Feb. 2003).

I can only suggest that you don't follow this route and switch to
teTeX-3.0 (released in Feb. 2005) instead:
  http://tug.org/teTeX/

LaTeX (which is LaTeX2e of course) is included in teTeX-3.0, so
no manual installation of LaTeX2e is needed.

Thomas