Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories

Denis Bitouzé denis.bitouze at univ-littoral.fr
Sat May 8 15:06:05 CEST 2021 

Hi,

with this morning's update, I got several errors:

  ┌────
  │ # tlmgr update --self --all
  │ tlmgr: package repository https://ctan.gutenberg.eu.org/systems/texlive/tlnet (verified)
  │ tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2021/tlpkg/backups
  │ [1/1, ??:??/??:??] update: texlive.infra [427k] (58938 -> 59127) ... done
  │ tlmgr: Restarting to complete update ...
  │ tlmgr: package repository https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet (verified)
  │ tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2021/tlpkg/backups
  │ [ 1/16, ??:??/??:??] update: arabtex [594k] (25711 -> 59124) ... done
  │ [ 2/16, 00:01/00:34] update: asymptote.x86_64-linux [1227k] (57890 -> 59111) ... done
  │ [ 3/16, 00:02/00:22] update: easybook [510k] (59102 -> 59117) ... done
  │ [ 4/16, 00:03/00:26] update: l3backend [869k] (58509 -> 59118) ... done
  │ [ 5/16, 00:04/00:25] update: l3kernel [11364k] (57789 -> 59118) ... done
  │ [ 6/16, 00:07/00:09] update: l3packages [1831k] (58296 -> 59118) ... done
  │ [ 7/16, 00:08/00:09] update: latexindent [1019k] (58790 -> 59121) ... done
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ [ 8/16, 00:09/00:10] update: ninecolors [34k] (58833 -> 59119) ... Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ done
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ [ 9/16, 00:10/00:11] update: poiretone [182k] (56070 -> 59125) ... done
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ [10/16, 00:11/00:12] update: pxjahyper [134k] (57950 -> 59116) ... Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ done
  │ [11/16, 00:12/00:13] update: texlive-docindex [172k] (59083 -> 59110) ... done
  │ [12/16, 00:13/00:14] update: texlive-en [1895k] (59056 -> 59113) ... done
  │ [13/16, 00:14/00:14] update: texlive-scripts [319k] (59094 -> 59110) ... done
  │ [14/16, 00:15/00:15] update: xintsession [7k] (59090 -> 59120) ... done
  │ [15/16, 00:16/00:16] auto-install: coffeestains (59115) [266k] ... done
  │ [16/16, 00:16/00:16] update: collection-pictures [2k] (58924 -> 59115) ... done
  │ running mktexlsr ...
  │ done running mktexlsr.
  │ running mtxrun --generate ...
  │ done running mtxrun --generate.
  │ running updmap-sys ...
  │ done running updmap-sys.
  │ regenerating fmtutil.cnf in /usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt uplatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt uplatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt platex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt platex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt dvilualatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt dvilualatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt latex-dev ...
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ Fontconfig error: No writable cache directories
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt latex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt lualatex-dev ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt lualatex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdflatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdflatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt cslatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt cslatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt xelatex-dev ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt xelatex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdfcslatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdfcslatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt latex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt latex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt platex-dev ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt platex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt xmltex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt xmltex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt lualatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt lualatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt uplatex-dev ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt uplatex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdfjadetex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdfjadetex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt jadetex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt jadetex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt eplain ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt eplain.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt xelatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt xelatex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt dvilualatex-dev ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt dvilualatex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdfxmltex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdfxmltex.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdflatex-dev ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt pdflatex-dev.
  │ running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt mllatex ...
  │ done running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit --byfmt mllatex.
  │ tlmgr: package log updated: /usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
  └────

Don't know if it really harms.

Best.
-- 
Denis

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