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Hi Stefan / others,

I traced the problem down : - )

I was implementing using \titleformat incorrectly - with scope for a subtle error, which for some reason does not show up on FreeBSD. My \titleformat macro had an excess newline.

Now my code works equally on FreeBSD / Linux / Windows.

Tx all ...

Hi Stefan,

So nice to hear from you. I suppose you are the famous Latex author.

Yes, I installed Latex packages under FreeBSD as well as Linux from distribution repos, not over the internet.

My Latex runs very well under FreeBSD. Under Linux (Mint 19 / Mint 18.3 / Manjaro 17 virtual machine), I ...

Tx for replying.

You mean to say I should upgrade the package texlive-latex-recommended under Linux (Mint 19 amd64) ?

Yesterday I deleted all texlive/latex packages under Linux and reinstalled them from scratch. The problem did not go away.

Manish Jain

Hi,

I recently wrote a 500-page manuscript in Latex under FreeBSD. Latex worked very nicely for me.

Trying to compile the same code under Linux (Mint 19, amd64) leads to a perplexing problem.

Wherever my code uses the directive \section*{} , the latex compilation fails with the message:

! LaTeX ...