[tex-live] Problem with sample files

[Akira Kakuto]

> When running the sample "story.tex" got some issues, and some more with
> other files like "small2e.tex". I've posted the content of the output file
> story.log, after doing $pdflatex story.tex. Am I missing any configuration
> step?

story.tex is an example of plain TeX (without \bye).
$pdftex story
You have to input \end for the prompt *.

Best,
Akira