Yesterday I did "guix package --upgrade" and now, a simple latex file: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \begin {document} This is a test. \end {document} fails with /gnu/store/161gb51263qn8kydvdcd3jq6bcax3abf-texlive-texmf-minimal-2016/share/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation for ecrm1000. /gnu/store/161gb51263qn8kydvdcd3jq6bcax3abf-texlive-texmf-minimal-2016/share/texmf-dist/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ? mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000 This is METAFONT, Version 2.7182818 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded base=mf) kpathsea: Running mktexmf ecrm1000 ! I can't find file `ecrm1000'. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000 Please type another input file name ! Emergency stop. <*> ...ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000 Transcript written on mfput.log. grep: ecrm1000.log: No such file or directory mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ecrm1000' failed to make ecrm1000.tfm. kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. ! Font T1/cmr/m/n/10=ecrm1000 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not fou nd. relax l.105 \fontencoding\encodingdefault\selectfont Rolling back my upgrade and it works fine. J' -- Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3 fingerprint = 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key.