Others ⇒ Help with error: XeTeX is required to compile this document

[Jamwa]

I am fairly experienced with \LaTeX. So I wanted to change the default font and I have Googled around to find out I need to use and fontspec is what is recommended. Here we go:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setmainfont{Palatino Linotype}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}

When I try to compile it,

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latex test_latex.tex

I get an error, the most glaring of which is

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********************************************
 * XeTeX is required to compile this document.
 * Sorry!
 ********************************************

So I try another (the recommended?) approach but still errors abound:

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sh-4.1$ xetex test_latex.tex 
This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(./test_latex.tex
! Undefined control sequence.
l.1 \documentclass
                  {article}
? 

What am I doing wrong?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Jamwa,

use xelatex,

Stefan

[Jamwa]

Hi Stefan,

use xelatex

I have just done that and quite a lot of output I get, but still error:

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sh-4.1$ xelatex test_latex.tex 
This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt xelatex.fmt
fmtutil: running `xetex -ini   -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' ...
This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexconfig/xelatex.ini
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/xetexconfig/unicode-letters.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg)
./texsys.aux found


\@currdir set to: ./.


Assuming \openin and \input 
have the same search path.


Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser.

catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2,  parameters,

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file
! That is more than five years old.
!
! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format
! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files
! before continuing to build LaTeX.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!.
l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
                                                  
? 
! Emergency stop.
l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
                                                  
No pages of output.
Transcript written on xelatex.log.
Error: `xetex -ini  -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed

###############################################################################
fmtutil: Error! Not all formats have been built successfully.
Visit the log files in directory
  /home/arthur/.texlive2007/texmf-var/web2c
for details.
###############################################################################

This is a summary of all `failed' messages and warnings:
`xetex -ini  -jobname=xelatex -progname=xelatex -etex xelatex.ini' failed
warning: kpathsea: mktexfmt output `This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996 (Web2C 7.5.6) (INITEX)
 %&-line parsing enabled.
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/latexconfig/xelatex.ini
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/xetexconfig/unicode-letters.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/texsys.cfg)
./texsys.aux found


\@currdir set to: ./.


Assuming \openin and \input 
have the same search path.


Defining UNIX/DOS style filename parser.

catcodes, registers, compatibility for TeX 2,  parameters,

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! You are attempting to make a LaTeX format from a source file
! That is more than five years old.
!
! If you enter <return> to scroll past this message then the format
! will be built, but please consider obtaining newer source files
! before continuing to build LaTeX.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

! LaTeX source files more than 5 years old!.
l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
                                                  
? 
! Emergency stop.
l.545 ...aTeX source files more than 5 years old!}
                                                  
No pages of output.
Transcript written on xelatex.log.' instead of a filename.
I can't find the format file `xelatex.fmt'!
sh-4.1$

No PDF file is produced at the end of it all

[Stefan Kottwitz]

That's much better. But did you read the output? You need to update your LaTeX, it's too old.

Stefan

[Jamwa]

Let me upgrade and I will post the outcome

[Jamwa]

Thanks Stefan. The code now generates a pdf well:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setmainfont{Cantarell}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}