> After that you'll encounter problems building the PDF:
> 
> 	kpathsea: Running mktexfmt jadetex.fmt
> 	fmtutil: no info for format `jadetex'.
> 	I can't find the format file `jadetex.fmt'!
> 	*** Error code 1 (ignored)
> 
> I haven't found a fix for that yet...

Try running "mktexlsr" as root.

I had same problem a couple days ago (on a different project) and that 
worked for me.

Should the tex-jadetex installation do the "mktexlsr" step?

Or should we have a wrapper around the jadetex tool that sets some 
environment variable?