[OS X TeX] Problem with the "mathdesign" package under TeXLive 2014

[Michael Sharpe]

On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:16 AM, J. McKenzie Alexander <jalex at lse.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm encountering a problem I can't figure out when I try to use the "mathdesign" package with TeXLive 2014.  Here's the minimal source file I'm using:
> 
>> \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
>> \usepackage[activate]{microtype}
>> \usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
>> 
>> \begin{document}
>> The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
>> \end{document}
> 
> 
> 
> When I invoke pdflatex on that file, I get the following error message:
> 
> 
>> Running `LaTeX' on `test' with ``pdflatex  -interaction=nonstopmode "\input" test.tex''
>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.15 (TeX Live 2014) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>> entering extended mode
>> LaTeX2e <2014/05/01>
>> Babel <3.9k> and hyphenation patterns for 79 languages loaded.
>> (./test.tex (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>> Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size12.clo))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/microtype/microtype.sty
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/microtype/microtype-pdftex.def)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/microtype/microtype.cfg))
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mathdesign/mathdesign.sty
>> (/usr/local/texlive/2014/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ifthen.sty)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/mathdesign/mdugm/mdugm.cfg)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/mathdesign/mdugm/mdugm.sty
>> 
>> ! Package mdugm Error: Package mdugm cannot be loaded directly. Use mathdesign package..
>> 
>> See the mdugm package documentation for explanation.
>> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>> ...                                              
>> 
> 
> 
> (A number of other errors appear afterwards - I've only include the first one above.) I've installed all the necessary fonts using getnonfreefonts, and if I roll back to TeXLive 2012, the file compiles just fine.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've been using the mathdesign package for years and have never encountered this problem before.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Jason
> 

No problems for me, but I noticed differences in your console output. In my case, the lines

>> (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/mathdesign/mdugm/mdugm.cfg)
>> (/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/mathdesign/mdugm/mdugm.sty

showed those files coming from 2014/texmf-dist, and it's possible that you're mixing parts of mathdesign from 2014 with other, now incompatible, parts from an earlier version. You could try removing all parts of mathdesign in texmf-local as a first step.

Michael