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I recently updated TeX Live to following version

TeX 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2013/Arch Linux)

and cannot compile any file anymore, it fails with error 

$ pdflatex blab.tex 
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.14 (TeX Live 2013/Arch Linux)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
---! /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
(Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)

After some research, I found out I am supposed to run fmtutil --all, but it also fails with error 

$ fmtutil --all
/usr/bin/fmtutil: line 395: /usr/share/texmf/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or directory
fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found.

I tried some fixing to no avail: texhash, texconfig rehash do not change anything, and kpsewhich fmtutil.cnf yields /etc/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf, as it is apparently supposed to.

zuggg
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  • possibly related to http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/127529 (similar issue, on windows though). The suggestion there is to run tlmgr update --self --all since there's been a structural update recently. – henrique Aug 09 '13 at 20:13
  • Verify a latex installation: Commandline/Terminal – texenthusiast Aug 09 '13 at 20:16
  • @henrique tlmgr is not included in Archlinux's version of TeX Live. I tried installing texlive-localmanager, but it does not work. – zuggg Aug 09 '13 at 20:34
  • @texenthusiast every test failed with the same error as mentioned in the post (well, with latex.fmt instead of pdflatex.fmt for latex, and xetex/xetex.fmt and xetex.pool for xetex). – zuggg Aug 09 '13 at 20:36
  • You'll probably need to wait for the archlinux packages update, or perhaps tou should consider downgrading it. – henrique Aug 09 '13 at 21:14
  • what does pdflatex -v or pdflatex sample2e give ? Is the PATH of TeXLive 2013 bin in the .bashrc or .bash_profile OK, enabling the executables available. what does which tex give ? How many TeXLive distro's (2013/2012..) are there on your computer ?. Try logging out and logging in. Please install vanilla TeXLive which has tlmgr texdoc for easy install and doc management and remove the TL from Arch Linux. Incase you wish so to have Latest updates and be in sync install the one from TUG TL2013. – texenthusiast Aug 09 '13 at 21:14
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    @henrique: Waiting is not necessary. Simply update the system (as suggested below: pacdiff && fmtutil-sys --all). – sshine Aug 19 '13 at 23:23

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The new texlive-core package requires user-intervention when updating. Running sudo pacdiff (this replaces existing files with the new .pacnew files) followed by sudo fmtutil-sys --all should fix it.

For more complete instructions, see: https://www.archlinux.org/news/texlive-2013-update-may-require-user-intervention/

Emil Nylind
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I had the same problem. I was able to solve it with moving all texlive-related .pacnew-files into their new locations. After that, the following steps solved the problem for me:

mv ~/.texlive /tmp
fmutil -all
sudo fmutil -all
sudo texhash
carsten
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I had same issue on openSUSE Tumbleweed after lasted update. I found a bug request with a workaround which helped me in my case.

touch /var/run/texlive/run-hyphen
/usr/share/texmf/texconfig/update
fmtutil-sys --refresh

Don't forget to run it as superuser.

maresmar
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