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Date:      Thu, 2 May 2002 10:48:13 +0200
From:      Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
To:        Dale Morris <dlm@well.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dvips
Message-ID:  <20020502084812.GA2064@student.uu.se>
In-Reply-To: <20020501202052.A73652@well.com>
References:  <20020501202052.A73652@well.com>

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On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:20:52PM -0700, Dale Morris wrote:
> Where do I find dvips? When I try to install it from the ports I get:
> >> Attempting to fetch from
> >> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/.
> fetch: dvips576.tar.gz: File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no
> access)
> >> Couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this
> >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again.
> *** Error code 1
> 
> If I try to download the sources from
> ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/dviware/dvips/dvips576.tar.gz
> 
> I get an error saying it can't find the file.
> 
> Any other way to print dvi files without dvips? Workarounds?

dvips  is usually installed as part of print/teTeX. It is probably the
best way to get it, but be warned that teTeX is quite large.


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Erik Trulsson
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