I just updated to Ubuntu 12.10 but now LaTeX doesn't work any more. Kile always asks me "did you run LaTeX?". I'm quite new in this stuff, so it seems a bit strange for me, because in 12.04 it worked always without any exception. I also tried it with other Editors, but there were similar mistakes, so I guess it is related to the upgrade. Perhaps anybody of you has a hint.
2 Answers
There is a question at StackExchange with a error similar to what you get.
The solution stated there was to remove the ~/.texmf-var folder. Usually this folder only has "auto-generated" files, but try this:
mv ~/.textmf-var ~/textmf-var-mackup
and check if the problem goes away. If not, you can rename the backup folder to its original name.
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Seems very much like a bug in Ubuntu to me. The default TeXLive does not create
~/.texmf-var, but~/.texlive$YEAR/.texmf-var. Nov 10, 2012 at 19:51 -
The problem seems to be related to the system upgrade: Precise and Quantal use different TexLive versions, so when Ubuntu was upgraded the old remaining files "confused" the new TexLive...– SalemNov 10, 2012 at 21:12
Upgrading has a drawback - programs may not work because of different structures and/or different, new or redundant libraries.
Solution : Try re-installing Kile(or any other program not working).
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Thank you for your answer but I already tried that. The System-Check of Kile found out, that the LaTeX-Binary exists, but doesn't work. Does that give a hint?– LukasNov 9, 2012 at 18:32
pdflatex /path/to/your/file.tex?. This should help to identify if the source of the problem is LaTeX or Kile.