Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:15:07 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 Message-ID: <20110731091507.GA50752@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5UdcPwGrJfQUeMUwc2oGkhmjnU_FyMku8=gtiVVpodL_%2Bw1A@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110714160816.GA30155@think.gnix.co.uk> <20110715080324.GA8392@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAJ5UdcOd-cT8=YdUqUXzLSCwsCwXwPN0FikxTqSkVDTMr5182Q@mail.gmail.com> <20110715235610.GA70906@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20110718091913.GA4092@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAJ5UdcPFEFEhuNfBHKWD5EM_NWB799rUH3pnaMYu8Z8DTzPvWg@mail.gmail.com> <20110730195219.GA15888@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAJ5UdcOPj80-TAbfBUtn1AoVZfZbELcmhJ-8v_ze%2B=%2BUXHfcxg@mail.gmail.com> <20110730224113.GA43343@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <CAJ5UdcPwGrJfQUeMUwc2oGkhmjnU_FyMku8=gtiVVpodL_%2Bw1A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 08:00:25PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > I have been using TeX for a while and I have never had to set up > anthing like this :( I had used MikTeX in winblow$ and TeTeX in linux > distros and FreeBSD 5.3/FreeBSD6.2, and I had never had to mess with > TDS. I know, this is just a fix. We are fortunate enough to have the ports tree. That is the way forward. But some work is required for this to happen. > > This is what I always did, I tried to compile a tex project and it > failed, I looked at which *.sty file was needed and I downloaded it > from CTTAN or off another computer that had it and put it directly on > the folder that I was working on. This had always worked for me. Apart from *sty files, there are also fonts, and those should live in correct directories to be found. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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