Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed

[lukasz-karolewski]

using latest docker image, and newly created volume.

docker volume create --name miktex
docker run -it --rm \
  -v miktex:/miktex/.miktex \
  -v `pwd`:/miktex/work \
  -e MIKTEX_GID=$(id -g) \
  -e MIKTEX_UID=$(id -u) \
  miktex/miktex \
  pdflatex test.tex

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.20 (MiKTeX 2.9.6980)

Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.

The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:

/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/data/miktex/log/pdflatex.log

2021-04-15 17:56:03,189Z INFO pdflatex - starting with command line: pdflatex test.tex 2021-04-15 17:56:03,190Z INFO pdflatex - running 'initexmf' to refresh the file name database 2021-04-15 17:56:03,678Z INFO pdflatex - running 'initexmf' to create font map files 2021-04-15 17:56:04,095Z INFO pdflatex - allowing known shell commands 2021-04-15 17:56:04,095Z INFO pdflatex - enabling input (output) from (to) processes 2021-04-15 17:56:04,098Z INFO pdflatex - going to create file: pdflatex.fmt 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z ERROR pdflatex - /usr/bin/initexmf did not succeed; exitCode: 1 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z ERROR pdflatex - output: 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z ERROR pdflatex - Sorry, but "MiKTeX Configuration Utility" did not succeed.

The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:

/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/data/miktex/log/initexmf.log

2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z FATAL pdflatex - The memory dump file could not be found. 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z FATAL pdflatex - Info: fileName="pdflatex.fmt" 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z FATAL pdflatex - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z FATAL pdflatex - Line: 689 2021-04-15 17:56:11,540Z INFO pdflatex - finishing with exit code 1

[santunioni]

I have exactly the same problem and I didn't make a work around yet.

[lukasz-karolewski]

I've ended up building local image from dockerfile

docker build . -t miktex/miktex

and it all worked

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[msrumon]

I've ended up building local image from dockerfile

docker build . -t miktex/miktex

and it all worked

I'm sorry, can you explain it a bit more please? I'm having this exact same issue. I used Docker Compose though.

volumes:
  miktex:

services:
  main:
    image: miktex/miktex
    volumes:
      - miktex:/var/lib/miktex
      - .:/miktex/work
    command:
      - pdflatex
      - xet.tex

xet.tex contains:

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
  Hello, World!
\end{document}

Then, docker compose up shows:

[+] Running 3/3
 ✔ Network xet_default   Created                                                                                                                                                                     0.1s 
 ✔ Volume "xet_miktex"   Created                                                                                                                                                                     0.0s 
 ✔ Container xet-main-1  Created                                                                                                                                                                     1.0s 
Attaching to main-1
main-1  | This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (MiKTeX 23.10) (preloaded format=pdflatex.fmt)
main-1  |  restricted \write18 enabled.
main-1  | 
main-1  | Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
main-1  | 
main-1  | The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
main-1  | 
main-1  |   /var/lib/miktex/.miktex/texmfs/data/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
main-1 exited with code 1

pdflatex.log says:

2024-05-14 09:19:03,912Z INFO  pdflatex - this process (1) started by "unknown process" in directory /miktex/work with command line: pdflatex xet.tex
2024-05-14 09:19:03,912Z INFO  pdflatex - this is MiKTeX-PDFTEX 4.16.0 (1.40.25) (MiKTeX 23.10)
2024-05-14 09:19:03,912Z INFO  pdflatex - allowing known shell commands
2024-05-14 09:19:03,927Z INFO  pdflatex - going to create file: pdflatex.fmt
2024-05-14 09:19:03,977Z INFO  pdflatex.core - forking...
2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z ERROR pdflatex - /usr/bin/miktex did not succeed; exitCode: 1
2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z ERROR pdflatex - output:
2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z ERROR pdflatex - Building format 'pdflatex' with engine 'pdftex'...

Sorry, but: The installed file does not exist.

2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z FATAL pdflatex.core - The memory dump file could not be found.
2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z FATAL pdflatex.core - Data: fileName="pdflatex.fmt"
2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z FATAL pdflatex.core - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp:697
2024-05-14 09:19:07,693Z FATAL pdflatex - The memory dump file could not be found.
2024-05-14 09:19:07,694Z FATAL pdflatex - Info: fileName="pdflatex.fmt"
2024-05-14 09:19:07,694Z FATAL pdflatex - Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/TeXAndFriends/texmfapp.cpp
2024-05-14 09:19:07,694Z FATAL pdflatex - Line: 697
2024-05-14 09:19:07,699Z INFO  pdflatex - this process (1) finishes with exit code 1
2024-05-14 09:19:07,706Z WARN  pdflatex - minor issue: It has been a long time since you have checked for MiKTeX updates.

Thanks in advance for your time and effort.