[MacOS] MikTex Console Crash on Launch: File is empty

[Jacobfaib]

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TL;DR: macOS Catalina v10.15.4 miktex wont launch even on "fresh" install missing /Users/myUserName/Library/Application Support/MiKTeX/texmfs/data/miktex/data/le/0997c7e4ae995eb846b56013a9ed6048.fndb-5 BUT the file does indeed exist.

initexmf --report:

Data: path="/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/Library/Application Support/MiKTeX/texmfs/data/miktex/data/le/0997c7e4ae995eb846b56013a9ed6048.fndb-5"
Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/Core/MemoryMappedFile/unx/unxMemoryMappedFile.cpp:107
File is empty.
Info: path="/Users/jacobfaibussowitsch/Library/Application Support/MiKTeX/texmfs/data/miktex/data/le/0997c7e4ae995eb846b56013a9ed6048.fndb-5"
Source: Libraries/MiKTeX/Core/MemoryMappedFile/unx/unxMemoryMappedFile.cpp
Line: 107

Sorry, but "MiKTeX Configuration Utility" did not succeed.
log4cxx: No appender could be found for logger (initexmf).
log4cxx: Please initialize the log4cxx system properly.

To reproduce:

• Download MikTex dmg
• Open Miktex
• Error

I am using TexMaker with Miktex to handle the packages installed. I was using Texmaker normally on a project when out of the blue it stops compiling. It complained about missing fonts, and not being able to locate pdflatex. I fixed this by manually setting the following paths to latex and pdflatex in texmaker config:

Latex: /Library/TeX/texbin/latex -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
PdfLatex: /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

On a hunch I then tried opening miktex to see if it was a faulty package install, however this is when miktex stopped opening for good. I get the following error everytime I try opening the application:

File is empty.
/Users/myUserName/Library/Application Support/MiKTeX/texmfs/data/miktex/data/le/0997c7e4ae995eb846b56013a9ed6048.fndb-5

Checking that folder produces the following results:

pdftex
mf.base
0555d750455acc4dcd50d2f673f6e72d.fndb-5
0997c7e4ae995eb846b56013a9ed6048.fndb-5 <----- File exists!
98fe74e1b5ee98f875065b1594092555.fndb-5
976509bce5f7c8fd3176c823500b4fc7.fndb-5
0555d750455acc4dcd50d2f673f6e72d.fndb-5.log
0997c7e4ae995eb846b56013a9ed6048.fndb-5.log
98fe74e1b5ee98f875065b1594092555.fndb-5.log
976509bce5f7c8fd3176c823500b4fc7.fndb-5.log

Not knowing anything about the inner workings of miktex the only theory I could come up with is that the path to the file has a space in it (Application Support), but surely the problem can't be that simple...

[edocevoli]

Duplicate of #491