Re: [texhax] TeX/LaTeX/Aleph in Ubuntuy 12.10

Radhakrishnan CV <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:40 AM, P. P. Narayanaswami <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just now, I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and when I run LaTeX or Aleph on
> files.
> I get the following error message:
>
> This is Aleph, Version 3.1415926-1.15-2.1-0.0-rc4 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/aleph/lamed.fmt doesn't match aleph.pool
> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> ---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/latex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
> and so on .....
>

Please remove the offending format file and regenerate fresh format:

  sudo fmtutil-sys --byfmt lamed

Best
-- 
Radhakrishnan
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