[Tex/LaTex] bbm package error

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I am not sure if this should be here or whether I should create a bug report. I am trying to use the bbm package as per this example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{bbm}
\begin{document}
$\mathbbm{A}$
\end{document}

but I get the following error:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (TeX Live 2011)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./minimalbbm.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, uk
english, usenglishmax, loaded.
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bbm-macros/bbm.sty)
(./minimalbbm.aux)
(/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/bbm-macros/ubbm.fd)
kpathsea: Running mktextfm bbm10
/usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Could not map source abbreviation  for bbm10.
/usr/share/texlive/texmf/web2c/mktexnam: Need to update ?
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input bbm10
This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2011)


kpathsea: Running mktexmf bbm10
! I can't find file `bbm10'.
<*> ...e:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input bbm10

Please type another input file name
! Emergency stop.
<*> ...e:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input bbm10

Transcript written on mfput.log.
grep: bbm10.log: No such file or directory
mktextfm: `mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input bbm10' failed to make bbm10.tfm.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

! Font U/bbm/m/n/10=bbm10 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.
<to be read again> 
                   relax 
l.6 $\mathbbm{A}
                $
?

FYI: I am running Fedora with TeXlive 2011 installed manually and I have run

$ tlmgr install bbm-macros

but there is no poackage bbm available:

$ tlmgr search bbm
bbm-macros - LaTeX support for "blackboard-style" cm fonts.

It seems that this might be the problem. In the Fedora TeXlive there is a package texlive-bbm and a package texlive-bbm-macros — the former containing the cm-fonts.

Best Answer

With tlmgr show bbm I get

package:     bbm
category:    Package
shortdesc:   "Blackboard-style" cm fonts.

so the bbm package exists.

I don't know much about Fedora, but if a texlive-bbm package exists, then that's what you have to install along with bbm-macros

I suggest you to do a complete install once and for all.

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