XeLaTeX, xindy, imakeidx "Could not find file "tex/inputenc/utf8.xdy"

Question

I'm trying to use XeLaTeX, imakeidx and xindy for a german book with multiple indexes. Based on an answer on this page, (which works) I tried to switch to xelatex and imakeidx. Calling

xelatex --shell-escape test.tex

on this file test.tex:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage[xindy]{imakeidx}
\makeindex[options=-M texindy -L german-duden -C utf8]
\begin{document}
üäö
start 
\index{a}\index{b}\index{ä}\index{ü}\index{ÖÖ}
end
\printindex
\end{document}

gives me the error message:

(require "tex/inputenc/utf8.xdy") ERROR: Could not find file "tex/inputenc/utf8.xdy" !

Leaving out xindy option "-C utf8" gives me an index with alll umlauts sorted under "O".

I just discovered that xindy does work when run separately, without being started from within xelatex per imakeidx, but from the command prompt:

 $ xindy -M texindy -C utf8 -L german-duden test.idx

No nagging and no mention of "utf8.xdy" either.

imakeidx calls texindy and not xindy and texindy doesn't work with -C utf8. Add \makeatletter \def\imki@progdefault{xindy} \makeatother after loading imakeidx. — Ulrike Fischer, Apr 01 '14 at 11:58
Yes, that's it. And don't use \makeindex[program=xindy ...] either. Thanks @Ulrike! — Blackface, Apr 01 '14 at 12:12
@user42591 I'll correct the bug with truexindy as soon as possible. But \makeindex[program=truexindy] should work. — egreg, Apr 01 '14 at 12:15
I just found out that TeXworks (i.e.: I ;) ) was using an old TeXLive installation. With TeXLive 2013, \makeindex[program=truexindy] works. — Blackface, Apr 02 '14 at 11:38
@egreg Wanna write something up that can be considered an answer? :-) — Johannes_B, Jun 14 '15 at 20:16

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '15 at 20:21

Calling \makeindex[program=truexindy,...] works.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex[program=truexindy,options=-M texindy -L german-duden -C utf8]
\begin{document}
üäö
start
\index{a}\index{b}\index{ä}\index{ü}\index{ÖÖ}
end
\printindex
\end{document}

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XeLaTeX, xindy, imakeidx "Could not find file "tex/inputenc/utf8.xdy"

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