[tex-live] tlmgr error, 'command mpost not found'

Stephen Moye stephenmoye at mac.com
Sat Jan 10 13:51:10 CET 2009


I tried
	tlmgr update --all
this morning and got this error message:

%%%

updmap: Done.
regenerating fmtutil.cnf
running fmtutil-sys --missing
fmtutil: running `mpost -ini   -jobname=mfplain -progname=mfplain - 
translate-file=cp227.tcx mfplain.ini' ...
/usr/texbin/fmtutil: line 317: mpost: command not found
Error: `mpost -ini  -jobname=mfplain -progname=mfplain -translate- 
file=cp227.tcx mfplain.ini' failed

###############################################################################
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`mpost -ini  -jobname=mfplain -progname=mfplain -translate- 
file=cp227.tcx mfplain.ini' failed
tlmgr: exiting unsuccessfully (status 1).
6:54 ~%

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What do I need to do now?

Thanks

Stephen Moye


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