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I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]article
usepackagegerman
usepackage[german]babel

begindocument
Tach auch
enddocument


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
 endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOptioncaptionsCurrentOption

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.


Update: as mentioned from "egreg", I simple removed usepackagegerman



This results into:



This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./x.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))

Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns were preloaded for 
(babel) the language `German (trad. orthography)' into the forma
t. 
(babel) Please, configure your TeX system to add them and 
(babel) rebuild the format. Now I will use the patterns
(babel) preloaded for english instead on input line 58. 

))) 
No file x.aux.
[1/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map] (./x.aux)
 )</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on x.pdf (1 page, 11102 bytes).
Transcript written on x.log.





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  • usepackagegerman should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel. Just do usepackage[german]babel.

    – egreg
    8 mins ago












  • Because today we use the "new" german writing rules you should use usepackage[ngerman]babel ...

    – Kurt
    4 mins ago















0















I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]article
usepackagegerman
usepackage[german]babel

begindocument
Tach auch
enddocument


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
 endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOptioncaptionsCurrentOption

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.


Update: as mentioned from "egreg", I simple removed usepackagegerman



This results into:



This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./x.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))

Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns were preloaded for 
(babel) the language `German (trad. orthography)' into the forma
t. 
(babel) Please, configure your TeX system to add them and 
(babel) rebuild the format. Now I will use the patterns
(babel) preloaded for english instead on input line 58. 

))) 
No file x.aux.
[1/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map] (./x.aux)
 )</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on x.pdf (1 page, 11102 bytes).
Transcript written on x.log.





pdftex german







share|improve this question
























  • usepackagegerman should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel. Just do usepackage[german]babel.

    – egreg
    8 mins ago












  • Because today we use the "new" german writing rules you should use usepackage[ngerman]babel ...

    – Kurt
    4 mins ago













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I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]article
usepackagegerman
usepackage[german]babel

begindocument
Tach auch
enddocument


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
 endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOptioncaptionsCurrentOption

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.


Update: as mentioned from "egreg", I simple removed usepackagegerman



This results into:



This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./x.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))

Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns were preloaded for 
(babel) the language `German (trad. orthography)' into the forma
t. 
(babel) Please, configure your TeX system to add them and 
(babel) rebuild the format. Now I will use the patterns
(babel) preloaded for english instead on input line 58. 

))) 
No file x.aux.
[1/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map] (./x.aux)
 )</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on x.pdf (1 page, 11102 bytes).
Transcript written on x.log.





pdftex german







share|improve this question
















I used for last 20 years german without any problems. Now, running on a newer linux distro I got the following problem



The simple input file:



documentclass[a4paper,11pt]article
usepackagegerman
usepackage[german]babel

begindocument
Tach auch
enddocument


results with



pdflatex x.tex


into the following errors:



LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/german/german.sty v2.5e 1998-07-08
german -- language number for German undefined, default 255 used,
german -- Please read "gerdoc.tex" how to install hyphenation patterns.)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@ifundefined #1->ifcsname #1
 endcsname @ifundefin@d@i else @ifundefin@d...
l.56 ...InitCurrentOptioncaptionsCurrentOption

! ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on x.log.


Update: as mentioned from "egreg", I simple removed usepackagegerman



This results into:



This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.19 (TeX Live 2018) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./x.tex
LaTeX2e <2018-04-01> patch level 5
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size11.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/switch.def)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/german.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel-german/germanb.ldf
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.def
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/txtbabel.def))

Package babel Warning: No hyphenation patterns were preloaded for 
(babel) the language `German (trad. orthography)' into the forma
t. 
(babel) Please, configure your TeX system to add them and 
(babel) rebuild the format. Now I will use the patterns
(babel) preloaded for english instead on input line 58. 

))) 
No file x.aux.
[1/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map] (./x.aux)
 )</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb>
Output written on x.pdf (1 page, 11102 bytes).
Transcript written on x.log.





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  • usepackagegerman should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel. Just do usepackage[german]babel.

    – egreg
    8 mins ago












  • Because today we use the "new" german writing rules you should use usepackage[ngerman]babel ...

    – Kurt
    4 mins ago

















  • usepackagegerman should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel. Just do usepackage[german]babel.

    – egreg
    8 mins ago












  • Because today we use the "new" german writing rules you should use usepackage[ngerman]babel ...

    – Kurt
    4 mins ago
















usepackagegerman should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel. Just do usepackage[german]babel.

– egreg
8 mins ago






usepackagegerman should be avoided. The package is obsolete and is not compatible with babel. Just do usepackage[german]babel.

– egreg
8 mins ago














Because today we use the "new" german writing rules you should use usepackage[ngerman]babel ...

– Kurt
4 mins ago





Because today we use the "new" german writing rules you should use usepackage[ngerman]babel ...

– Kurt
4 mins ago










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