apt-get error: pdfxmltex fmtutil failed
 

Hello,

I have been running Knoppix 3.3, but recently I have come across this error when running apt-get and Im stumped:

Didn't run update-fmtutil as you requested!
Didn't run update-texmf as you requested!
texhash: Updating /usr/local/lib/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /var/lib/texmf/ls-R...
texhash: Updating /var/cache/fonts/ls-R...
texhash: Done.
Checking for TeX format files we depend on ... done.
Creating xmltex format files...
fmtutil: no info for format `xmltex'.
ERROR: xmltex fmtutil failed
fmtutil: no info for format `pdfxmltex'.
ERROR: pdfxmltex fmtutil failed
Trying fmtutil --all
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/lambda.oft installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/omega.oft installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/amstex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/latex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdflatex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdftex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/tex.fmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/elatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/etex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mptopdf.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfelatex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdfetex.efmt installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/metafun.mem installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mpost.mem installed.
fmtutil: /usr/share/texmf/web2c/mf.base installed.
ERROR: XMLTeX memory dump (xmltex.fmt) cannot be found
ERROR: PDFXMLTeX memory dump (pdfxmltex.fmt) cannot be found
*** ERROR: can't make xmltex fmt files, bailing
*** see /tmp/xmltex-postinst.m5l8Ve for details
dpkg: error processing xmltex (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of passivetex:
passivetex depends on xmltex (>= 1.9-2); however:
Package xmltex is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing passivetex (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
xmltex
passivetex
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Can anyone offer me pointers on how to get passed this. Its not currently having an impact on the things Im installing but I'd like to have it running a bit smoother. (ie no errors!!)

Since it is telling you xmltex is not configured yet, you may try:

dpkg --configure xmltex

or

dpkg-reconfigure xmltex

Thanks for the reply.

Just done as you suggested and the xmltex error has come up again.

I have tried 'downgrading from the testing to the stable but it keeps throwing up:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xmltex: Depends: tetex-bin (>= 1.0.7+20011202-5.1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: tetex-extra but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
:confused:

I'll work this out eventually. Again, thanks for the reply.

UPDATE: I think I have. I set tetex-bin, tetex-base and tetex-extra to the testing releases (rather than a lot of stuff coming from unstable). These have enabled me to remove xmltex for the time being as it caused all sorts of problems. All seems well again for the time being. :D