texlive-binaries is suggested when trying to run 'mktexfmt', but does not provide it
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| command-not-found (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
On Linux Mint 16, the package manager recommends installing "texlive-binaries" when user attempts to run "mktexfmt", but that package does not provide any such program.
Workaround: the package "texlive-base" actually provides mktexfmt.
> mktexfmt
The program 'mktexfmt' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install texlive-binaries
> sudo apt-get install texlive-binaries
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Recommended packages:
texlive-base luatex wish
The following NEW packages will be installed:
texlive-binaries
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/6,478 kB of archives.
After this operation, 14.1 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package texlive-binaries.
(Reading database ... 166572 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking texlive-binaries (from .../texlive-
Processing triggers for install-info ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up texlive-binaries (2013.20130529.
update-
update-
mktexlsr: /usr/share/
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/
mktexlsr: Updating /var/lib/
mktexlsr: Done.
> mktexfmt
The program 'mktexfmt' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install texlive-binaries
> dpkg-query -L texlive-binaries | grep mktexfmt
> dpkg-query -L texlive-base | grep mktexfmt
/usr/share/
/usr/bin/mktexfmt
| description: | updated |
| description: | updated |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in command-not-found (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| tags: | added: saucy trusty |
| Changed in command-not-found (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in linuxmint: | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Vlad Orlov (monsta) wrote | #2 |
| no longer affects: | command-not-found (Ubuntu) |
| affects: | linuxmint → command-not-found (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in command-not-found (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.