Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 14:35:19 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Abel Mayal <mayala@info.bt.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing dvips Message-ID: <20000531143519.A730@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <3934E500.776BF3E8@info.bt.co.uk>; from mayala@info.bt.co.uk on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:10:09AM %2B0100 References: <3934E500.776BF3E8@info.bt.co.uk>
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On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 11:10:09AM +0100, Abel Mayal wrote: > Hello! > I am working with latex and I need to use dvips to convert dvi files to > ps. I download the file from: > ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/dviware/dvips/dvips576.tar.gz > <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/dviware/dvips/dvips576.tar.gz>; . I have > decompressed the file and I read the INSTALLATION file. I have all the > necessary changes in the Makefile and the MakeTeXPK. I ran "make dvips" > and it worked all right after changing the CC compiler for C++ (becouse > before it said that couldn't find the function > "floor"), after that I ran "make install" and loads of errors came out. > All the errors are related to the > first file that compiles "afm2tfm.c". Below there are some of the errors > that it occurs: > <errors> > I don't know what I'm doing wrong! I really need the dvips application, > please can anyone help me? Did you use the port? The port should take care of this sort of problems. There seems to be no precompiled package, I assume that's because the port asks for questions (is interactive). I'm using the teTeX distribution (also in the ports collection), which includes dvips and it is working very well. Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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