[tex-live] Texworks fail but I can compile pdf though texlive by using commands

Zdenek Wagner zdenek.wagner at gmail.com
Sun Jan 6 18:49:50 CET 2013


2013/1/6 Yunlong Nie <yunlong.nie at stat.ubc.ca>:
> Hi,
>
> I just updated my ubuntu to 12.10, and found the texworks didn't work any
> more. The error message is like this:
>
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
>
> restricted \write18 enabled.
>
> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
>
>
> However, I can compile tex file into pdf by using commands in terminal like
> "pdflatex sample2e" . I
>
>
> The paths setting is fine I guess. Besides,  fmtutil-sys --all won't help.
>
Your PATH or binaries in Texworks are not configured properly, it
calls different binaries than your commands in the terminal.
>
> Any help is appreciated. Thanks
>
>
>



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