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Date:      16 May 2005 17:43:23 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        "Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at>
Cc:        FreeBSD mailinglist <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: tetex, latex, dvips
Message-ID:  <44psvq26f8.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <iglpiy.orf7m0@webmail.tuwien.ac.at>
References:  <iglpiy.orf7m0@webmail.tuwien.ac.at>

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"Florian Hengstberger" <e0025265@student.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> Why do latex and tetex conflict?

Because both of them try to install /usr/local/bin/latex (et. al.).

> fonts missing! When I try to install dvips I get the following
> message:
> 
> ===>  Installing for dvips-5.76
> 
> ===>  dvips-5.76 conflicts with installed package(s): 
>       teTeX-base-2.0.2_2
>       teTeX-texmf-2.0.2
> 
>       They install files into the same place.
>       Please remove them first with pkg_delete(1).
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop in /usr/ports/print/dvips.
> 
> How can a tex distribution conflict with and dvi to ps
> converter???

Because they install files into the same place.  If you're interested
in which ones, look at the pkg_plist files.

Try installing print/dvipsk-tetex.



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