[OS X TeX] Pretest mactex-20240213

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 22, 2024, at 6:00 AM, Alain Matthes via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed mactex 2024 pretest but I have a problem.
> 
> I tried it with a simple  document. (compilation with lualatex.
> 
> ———————————————
> \documentclass{article} 
> \begin{document} 
> Hello
> \end{document}
> ———————————————
> 
> and I get  a FATAL error :
> 
> ———————————————
> This is LuaHBTeX, Version 1.18.0 (TeX Live 2024)  (format=lualatex 2024.2.22)  22 FEB 2024 08:17
> system commands enabled.
> file:line:error style messages enabled.
> **solve.tex
> (./solve.tex
> LaTeX2e <2023-11-01> patch level 1
> L3 programming layer <2024-01-22>
> Lua module: luaotfload 2023-08-31 3.26 Lua based OpenType font support
> Lua module: lualibs 2023-07-13 2.76 ConTeXt Lua standard libraries.
> Lua module: lualibs-extended 2023-07-13 2.76 ConTeXt Lua libraries 
> -- extended collection.
> luaotfload | load : FATAL ERROR
> luaotfload | load :   × Failed to load "fontloader" module "basics-gen".
> luaotfload | load :   × Error message:
> luaotfload | load :     × "...024/texmf-dist/tex/luatex/luaotfload/luaotfload-i
> nit.lua:301: system : no writeable cache path, quiting"....024/texmf-dist/tex/lu
> atex/luaotfload/luaotfload-init.lua:301: system : no writeable cache path, quiti
> ng
> stack traceback:
> [C]: in function 'error'
> ———————————————
> 
> Do you have any idea what's causing the problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alain

Howdy,

Did you do an update after the install? There have been (several?) updates to luaotfload because of problems. You will have to use one the PreTest Repositories found at <https://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/>.

Maybe try to create ~/Library/texlive/2024/texmf-var and try again. Note that ~/Library is the library folder in you HOME folder, NOT /Library which is the Libreary folder at the root of your HD/SSD. Also note that ~/Library/texlive may already be created from a previous year's distribution.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com