Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-08-02 Thread Antonio Olivares
http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort-5.01.src.tar.gz ran gmake and I see the errors. One error is that in src/ folder, the file lshort-letter.tex does not exist :(, if we cd to that folder and copy the lshort-a5.tex lshort-letter.tex then it will build provided most of the other

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-08-02 Thread Antonio Olivares
@all I notice that some of the packages that *are* missing have different names, for instance pdfnup is available on FreeBSD ports - /usr/ports/print/pdfjam/ psnup is available on FreeBSD ports - /usr/ports/print/psutils-letter/ These are automagically installed if one installs TeXLive full

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-31 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-31 Thread Antonio Olivares
If you are using TeXLive, first check if a TeXLive package for what you want exists. First tell tlmgr(1) to use a CTAN mirror:    tlmgr option repository http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet Then list all packages available:    tlmgr list|less The packages you have installed are

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-31 Thread Antonio Olivares
http://pastebin.com/23RCus2a http://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort-5.01.src.tar.gz ran gmake and I see the errors. One error is that in src/ folder, the file lshort-letter.tex does not exist :(, if we cd to that folder and copy the lshort-a5.tex lshort-letter.tex then it will build provided

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Antonio Olivares
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 et all, The famous lshort by Tobias Oetiker fails to compile with TeTeX freebsd

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 03:22:46PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Here's another book with source code, and even with full texlive can't get it to compile properly :( http://www.mecmath.net/trig/ This took some time. I had to update nomencl:

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 03:22:46PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Here's another book with source code, and even with full texlive can't get it to compile properly :( http://www.mecmath.net/trig/ This took some

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 03:38:09PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 03:22:46PM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote: Here's another book with source code, and even with full texlive can't get it

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:41:13PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: |-libraries |---math |---systemlayer |---utilities |-phaistos |-shadethm |---plain |-pgf |---basiclayer |---frontendlayer |---math

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Antonio Olivares
Which is this directory? I assumed you know. If you've got the full teTeX installation, start with % texdoc tds tds (TDS) stands for Tex Directory Structure. This is a sort of a standard on how tex tree should be organised. teTeX tree adheres to TDS convention. texdoc(1) is

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-30 Thread Roland Smith
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. This is what I

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-28 Thread Antonio Olivares
Anton et all, I have found another book diffyqs that does not compile with default teTeX, but does with TeXLive: Book is found here: http://www.jirka.org/diffyqs/ Source is here: http://www.jirka.org/diffyqs/diffyqs.tar.gz I create build script: /*** build script **/

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-27 Thread Antonio Olivares
Anton et all, 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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-18 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-18 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:19:13 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: 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. If TeXlive is (or becomes) the

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-18 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:38:22AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:19:13 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: 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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-18 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:38:22AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:19:13 +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: 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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-16 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
Yes, I'm aware of this, but texlive is not an option for me, unless and until it appears in the port tree. But I'm also aware of the step up or shut up reality, so I shut up. As Frank pointed out, It's common to have more than one TeX distribution installed. I have had TeTex and TeXlive

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-16 Thread Christian Barthel
Hello, I've not really followed this message but I ran (nearly) into the same problem. I also need latex! But I don't want to use tetex because I am used to texlive. So, I downloaded the texlive ISO Image and installed it with the included script: http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-iso.html

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: I would second that. It comes comlete with FreeBSD binaries for i386 and amd64 in the

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Antonio Olivares
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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk 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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Frank Shute
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:54:26PM +, Antonio Olivares wrote: [snip] Anton, This is what I mean. For regular things, TeTeX is fine, but for bigger projects one can't do without texlive. I encountered the same problems with default tetex, but installed TeXLive from DVD and I no

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:03:24AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: I would second

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread perryh
Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:54:26PM +, Antonio Olivares wrote: ... For regular things, TeTeX is fine, but for bigger projects one can't do without texlive. I encountered the same problems with default tetex, but installed TeXLive from DVD and I no

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
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

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-15 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:19:13PM +0200, Roland Smith wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:03:24AM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-14 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: I would second that. It comes comlete with FreeBSD binaries for i386 and amd64 in the 2010 release and installing it is really easy. I hoped for a true native

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: I would second that. It comes comlete with FreeBSD binaries for i386 and amd64 in the

can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-13 Thread Jeff Hamann
I've tried to install the teTeX port (for pdflatex, etc.) and keep running into this error. I can't seem to find a solution on the web and I could really use the help. freebsd-82-amd64# uname -a FreeBSD freebsd-82-amd64.localdomain 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-13 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 02:53:55PM -0700, Jeff Hamann wrote: I've tried to install the teTeX port (for pdflatex, etc.) and keep running into this error. I can't seem to find a solution on the web and I could really use the help. freebsd-82-amd64# uname -a FreeBSD

Re: can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

2011-07-13 Thread Antonio Olivares
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Jeff Hamann jeff.d.ham...@gmail.com wrote: I've tried to install the teTeX port (for pdflatex, etc.) and keep running into this error. I can't seem to find a solution on the web and I could really use the help. freebsd-82-amd64# uname -a FreeBSD