Running latex command fails with error. I can't find file loadhyph-sq.tex

Hello,

Requirements:

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OpenMandriva Lx version:

OpenMandriva Lx release 26.02 (ROME) Rolling for x86_6

Desktop environment (KDE, LXQT…):
KDE

Description of the issue (screenshots if relevant):
Running ‘latex’ fails and it seem to be because it can’t find this hyphen file. I found another thread about Texlive Texlive seems to be broken - #10 by sez11a but my problem seems slightly different.

Relevant informations (hardware involved, software version, logs or output…):

[sk@sk-pc my-worksheets]$ latex 01-01-order-of-operations-answers.tex 
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.27 (TeX Live 2025/OpenMandriva) (preloaded format=latex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt latex.fmt
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf files (in precedence order):
mktexfmt:   /usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf file for writing changes:
mktexfmt:   /home/sk/.texlive2013/texmf-config/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
mktexfmt [INFO]: writing formats under /home/sk/.texlive2013/texmf-var/web2c
mktexfmt [INFO]: --- remaking latex with pdftex
mktexfmt: running `pdftex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini' ...
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.27 (TeX Live 2025/OpenMandriva) (INITEX)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
 (/usr/share/texmf-dist/web2c/cp227.tcx)
entering extended mode
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tex-ini-files/latex.ini
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/latex.ltx
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/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, parameters,
LaTeX2e <2024-11-01> patch level 2
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.ltx
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3-code.tex)) hacks,
document commands, templates, control, par, spacing, files, font encodings,
lengths, NFSS base, NFSS axes, NFSS tracing, NFSS declarative interface,
NFSS initialization,
====================================

Local config file fonttext.cfg used

====================================
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fonttext.cfg
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fonttext.ltx
=== Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead ===

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omlenc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omsenc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ot1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1enc.def)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1cmr.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ot1cmr.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1cmss.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1cmtt.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ot1cmss.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ot1cmtt.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmss.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmtt.fd)))
====================================

Local config file fontmath.cfg used

====================================
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontmath.cfg
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontmath.ltx
=== Don't modify this file, use a .cfg file instead ===

(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omlcmm.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omscmsy.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omxcmex.fd)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ucmr.fd)))
====================================

Local config file preload.cfg used

=====================================
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/preload.cfg
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/preload.ltx)) page nos., x-ref,
environments, center, verbatim, math definitions, boxes, title, sectioning,
contents, floats, footnotes, index, bibliography, output,
===========================================
Local configuration file hyphen.cfg used
===========================================
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/hyphen.cfg
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/hyphen.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/dumyhyph.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyphen/zerohyph.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/dehyph-exptl/dehypht-x-2024-02-28.tex
dehyph-exptl: using an 8-bit TeX engine.
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/dehyph-exptl/dehypht-x-2024-02-28.pat
German Hyphenation Patterns (Traditional Orthography) `dehypht-x' 2024-02-28 (W
L))) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/dehyph-exptl/dehyphn-x-2024-02-28.tex
dehyph-exptl: using an 8-bit TeX engine.
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/dehyph-exptl/dehyphn-x-2024-02-28.pat
German Hyphenation Patterns (Reformed Orthography, 2006) `dehyphn-x' 2024-02-28
 (WL))) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyph-utf8/loadhyph/loadhyph-af.tex
EC Afrikaans hyphenation patterns
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyph-utf8/conversions/conv-utf8-ec.tex)
(/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/hyph-utf8/patterns/tex/hyph-af.tex))
! I can't find file `loadhyph-sq.tex'.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.191   \repeat
               
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
Please type another input file name: 
! Emergency stop.
<to be read again> 
                   \relax 
l.191   \repeat
               
No pages of output.
Transcript written on latex.log.
mktexfmt [INFO]: log file copied to: /home/sk/.texlive2013/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/latex.log
mktexfmt [ERROR]: running `pdftex -ini   -jobname=latex -progname=latex -translate-file=cp227.tcx *latex.ini >&2 </dev/null' return status: 1
mktexfmt [ERROR]: returning error due to option --strict
mktexfmt [INFO]: disabled formats: 3
mktexfmt [INFO]: not selected formats: 53
mktexfmt [INFO]: failed to build: 1 (pdftex/latex)
mktexfmt [INFO]: total formats: 57
mktexfmt [INFO]: exiting with status 1
I can't find the format file `latex.fmt'!

That looks like it needs a bug fix. If you can file one, please do so. If you can’t, I am more than happy to do it for you, but you won’t get the notifications as progress is made on it. Just select New Issue and click Bug Report. Don’t forget to put in a link to this thread.

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Thanks so much for your quick response, I’ll file a bug report now!

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