Re: Cannot find mf.base for metafont when compiling

[J. David Blackstone]

>   During compilation I get an error from metafont saying a file
> mf.base cannot be found.  I did a find from / and couldn't find this
> file.  I have teTeX 1.0.7 installed and teTeX-texmf 1.0.2.
>
>   A message on one of the mailing lists mentioned someone else had had
> this problem and forced an install with make -i install.  I tried that
> and lilypond seems to get installed; haven't yet tried to produce
> output, though.

  I also get the error after a forced install.