Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:19:13 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com>, Jamie Paul Griffin <jpg@gnix.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 Message-ID: <20110718091913.GA4092@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20110715235610.GA70906@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <537F9F81-1353-4FA3-B8EF-EF99682F435E@gmail.com> <CAJ5UdcOncZNJ4Y-NsAfHK4FvK%2BRQUnUyD=9Ne6x_fbX2TomyJQ@mail.gmail.com> <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>
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On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:56:10AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:33:45AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > >> > I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive > > >> > > >> I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the installation is headache-free. > > >> > > > > > > What exactly is missing from teTeX? > > > > Try this, get the source for a free college Algebra Book: > > > > http://www.stitz-zeager.com/Precalculus/Stitz_Zeager_Open_Source_Precalculus_files/SZPreCalc07152011SourceCode.zip > > > > Use this script to generate the book: > > > > name it genAlgTrigBook > > chmod +x genAlgTrigBook > > and run > > $ ./genAlgTrigBook > > with in the SZPreCalc0715201 folder after extracting the zip file with > > command unzip SZPreCalc07152011SourceCode.zip > > > > ==================================================== > > #!/bin/sh > > > > # change JPG to jpg since *nix systems are case sensitive > > for i in `find . -name "*JPG"` > > do > > mv "$i" "$(echo $i|sed 's/JPG/jpg/g')" > > done > > sleep 5; > > pdflatex AlgTrigBook.tex -interaction=nonstop > > sleep 2; > > for i in *.mp > > do > > mpost $i > > done > > sleep 5; > > pdflatex AlgTrigBook.tex -interaction=nonstop > > sleep 5; > > makeindex AlgTrigBook > > sleep 5; > > pdflatex AlgTrigBook.tex -interaction=nonstop > > ==================================================== > > > > Can you fully compile the book without errors? > > > > Let us know and if you can without adding a bunch of *.sty files then > > I got it after adding chapterfolder, > and updating mfpic - just 2 packages, one missing > and another too old. > > I'm on ia64 mainly and sometimes on sparc64, > and I understand the consequences of my choice. > > Anyway, I love the FreeBSD ports system and > hate to see something lacking there. I'll > talk to hrs@ and see how the above 2 packages > can be included/updated. For me this is a > better route compared to having a binary > bypassing the ports and available on only > 2 arches. > > Will update if this is successful. hrs@ has been most speedy and helpful. He added print/latex-chapterfolder print/tex-mfpic With these 2 new ports + teTeX I can build this book fully, no errors. Check it out. If you know of another tex project where teTeX fails, please send me the details. I'm keen to patch teTeX as far as possible with no major changes to TDS, i.e. just adding or updating a package. -- 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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