[Tex/LaTex] LuaLaTeX produces no output

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I've decided to switch to LuaLaTeX for superior font support and built-in programming capabilities, but I cannot produce any output. It does not even generate a .log or .aux file. I've come across the thread LuaLaTeX: No error but no output files and followed the instructions therein, but it did not solve the problem.

Configuration:

  • Windows 8.1 64-bit (build 9600)
  • MiKTeX 2.9.4503 (64-bit)
  • LuaTeX version: beta-0.79.1 (rev 4971)

Minimum example:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
This will not compile.
\end{document}

Steps taken:

  1. Enabled the lualatex and luatex formats in MiKTeX options and built
    all format files.
  2. Updated MiKTeX and rebuilt all format files.
  3. Tried invoking lualatex from command line (normally I use TeXnicCenter). The only result I get is the text 'This is LuaTeX, Version beta-0.79.1 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit) (rev 4971)', but no .pdf, .aux or .log files are produced.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Best Answer

You need to recreate the lualatex format.

Try first to do it with miktex-settings (admin). If this doesn't help you probably have a format in your user profile which takes precedence and which the admin tools can't overwrite. In this case you must recreate the format with the user miktex-settings.

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