[XeTeX] Re: "I can't find the format file `xetex.fmt'!"

[Simon Spiegel]

Ok, I really tried to follow this discussion but I don't get it...

I see the same problems described by others: After various TeX and  
XeTeX installations, I can't compile xelatex documents anymore.  
TeXShop gives me:

fmtutil: format directory `/Users/simi/Library/texmf/web2c' is not  
writable.
I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!

I tried some of the Terminal voodoo described on the list.

Doing to following didn't work:



> Having updated.
>
>     sudo fmtutil-sys --cnffile
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf --byfmt xetex
>     sudo fmtutil-sys --cnffile
>

This just gives me: fmtutil: format `xetex' not available.

Help is much appreciated

simon



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