Would you please post the output file as indicated in your last comment (/tmp/fmtutil.ywKVqUpwof)? It sounds like a misconfiguration issue is preventing the installation. On top of my head, I would suggest to open synaptic and perform a full removal (not just simple removal) of all packages related to texlive. Then try the installation again. > Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:53:20 +0000 > From: