Re: [MiKTeX] MiKTeX on Linux

[Christian S. <cs...@mi...>]

Johannes Luber wrote:
> I've been trying to get MiKTeX running on Linux. I've installed the
> current rpm and created the symbolic links as described. Yet if I call
> pdflatex I get the following output:
> 
> 
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX Tools 2.8 Beta 2)
> Running miktex-pdftex...
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.9 (MiKTeX Tools 2.8 Beta 2) (INITEX)
> entering extended mode
> (/home/verequus/miktex-texmf/tex/latex/config/pdflatex.ini
> ! I can't find file `pdftexconfig.tex'.
> l.2 \input pdftexconfig.tex
> 
> Please type another input file name
> ! Emergency stop.
> l.2 \input pdftexconfig.tex
> 
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on pdflatex.log.
> miktex-makefmt: miktex-pdftex failed on pdflatex.ini.
> initexmf: The operation failed for some reason.
> I can't find the default format file!
> 
> 
> What did I miss?


This file (pdftexconfig.tex) is not part of the MiKTeX distribution. On 
Windows, it is created automatically when you create the format file. On 
Linux, it is assumed that the file exists as part of the host TeX system 
(e.g., TeX live). This seems not to be the case on your system. Do you 
have installed a host TeX system?