I've just installed the newtx package using tlmgr. (I'm still on TexLive 2011, if that matters.) The installation did not result in any error messages -- but when I try to use the package, I do receive odd error messages.
Here's a minimal (non-)working example:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[libertine]{newtxmath}
\begin{document}
Foo bar $x \phi$ baz.
\end{document}
And here are the messages that result:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (TeX Live 2011)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./foo.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, ba
sque, danish, dutch, ukenglish, usenglishmax, finnish, french, german, ngerman,
swissgerman, hungarian, italian, bokmal, nynorsk, polish, portuguese, spanish,
swedish, loaded.
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/minimal.cls
Document Class: minimal 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class
) (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/newtxmath.sty
LaTeX Warning: You have requested package `newtxmath',
but the package provides `ntxmath'.
`ntxmath' v0.92, 2012/05/09 Math macros based on txfonts (msharpe)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex))))
(./foo.aux) (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/omlnxlmi.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/omsntxsy.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/omxntxex.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxexa.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxmia.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxsya.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxsyb.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxsyc.fd) [1{/usr/local/t
exlive/2011/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./foo.aux)
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 nxlmi
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font for nxlmi.
mktexpk: perhaps nxlmi is missing from the map file.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
)
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file nxlmi): Font nxlmi at 600 not found
==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Thoughts?
Edit: After upgrading to TexLive 2012 and installing the current version of newtx, I instead get a sequence of error messages that begins like this:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./foo.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, lo
aded.
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/minimal.cls
Document Class: minimal 2001/05/25 Standard LaTeX minimal class
) (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/newtxmath.sty
`newtxmath' v0.95, 2012/05/26 Math macros based on txfonts (msharpe)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/generic/kastrup/binhex.tex)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/xkeyval/xkeyval.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/xkeyval.tex
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/generic/xkeyval/keyval.tex))))
(./foo.aux) (/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/omlnxlmi.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/omsntxsy.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/omxntxex.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxexa.fd)
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OT1/cmr/m/n' in size <5.5> not available
(Font) size <5> substituted on input line 4.
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxmia.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxsya.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxsyb.fd)
(/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf-dist/tex/latex/newtx/untxsyc.fd) [1{/usr/local/t
exlive/2012/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}
kpathsea: Running mktextfm txmi
/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for txmi.
/usr/local/texlive/2012/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input txmi
This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2012)
kpathsea: Running mktexmf txmi
! I can't find file `txmi'.
<*> \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input txmi
Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input txmi
Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: txmi.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input txmi' failed to make txmi.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
! Font \csname\endcsname=txmi at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fou
nd.
<to be read again>
\endgroup \set@typeset@protect
l.5 \end{document}
...
newtxmath', but the package providesntxmath'." no longer occurs if the latest version of the package is loaded. However, TeXLive2011 has been frozen for several weeks now and won't autoupdate packages anymore. You either have to download and install the latest version of the package yourself, or go ahead and download and install TeXLive2012 to get access to the latest version of the package. – Mico Jun 22 '12 at 02:33newtx– egreg Nov 03 '12 at 21:49