Re: tex font issue

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

Better with "callig15", given the name of the .tfm file. It still seems
odd to need to run tex as root to write in /var/lib for

mktexpk: /var/lib/texmf/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/calligra/callig15.600pk: successfully generated.


On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 10:30:31PM +0000, Patrick Welche wrote:
> I just tried fonts/tex-calligra which installs
> 
> /usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/calligra/callig15.mf
> /usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/fonts/source/public/calligra/calligra.mf
> /usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/fonts/tfm/public/calligra/callig15.tfm
> 
> and runs
> 
> mktexlsr: Updating /usr/pkg/share/texmf-dist/ls-R... 
> 
> on installation.
> 
> pdftex on a quick test file:
> 
> \font\rm=calligra at 14pt
> \rm
> Hello World!
> \bye
> 
> gives
> 
> kpathsea: Running mktextfm calligra
> mkdir: ././var/lib/texmf/fonts/tfm: Permission denied
> mktextfm: mktexdir /var/lib/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/calligra failed.
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
> 
> ! Font \rm=calligra at 14.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
> l.1 \font\rm=calligra at 14pt
> 
> 
> Why var/lib ?
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Patrick