Date: 19 Jun 2003 16:57:54 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Fredrik_Carl=E9n?= <fredrik.carlen@telia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: compilation of port 'latex' fails repeatedly Message-ID: <44llvxhjjh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <200306192012.h5JKCB808192@d1o1025.telia.com> References: <200306192012.h5JKCB808192@d1o1025.telia.com>
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"Fredrik Carl=E9n" <fredrik.carlen@telia.com> writes: > I have tried to install latex on my new FreeBSD system, but it fails=20 > miserably. All I do is type "$ make install distclean" in the latex=20 > directory of the port tree (/usr/ports/print/latex). This usually does=20 > the trick, right?=20 Yes. > $ uname -a:=20 > FreeBSD al-khwarizmi.intra.arrhythmetic.net 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD=20 > 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 16 22:16:53 GMT 2003=20=20=20=20=20 > root@hollin.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386=20 Maybe the port is broken on 5.x? A few still are; after all, it's not a production branch yet... You might want to try the teTeX distribution (/usr/ports/print/tetex); it's a very nice package.
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