"Davide G. M. Salvetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > checking for gs... no > checking for GSWIN32C.EXE... no > configure: error: Ghostscript not found! Aborting! > You need Ghostscript in your PATH for preview to work. > configure: error: /bin/sh './configure' failed for preview > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Then I retested the whole thing doing an "apt-get install gs-gpl" before > "apt-get install auctex": > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > [...] > Setting up emacs21 (21.4a-6) ... > emacs-install emacs21 > install/auctex: Setting up for emacs21... done. > update-auctex-elisp[12015]: Further output will appear in: > /tmp/update-auctex-elisp.lqk6669. > [...] > Setting up auctex (11.83-1) ... > install/auctex: Setting up for emacs21... done. > update-auctex-elisp[13515]: Further output will appear in: > /tmp/update-auctex-elisp.Fs12132. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > It seems we need a "Pre-Depends: gs-gpl | gs" (I think this is because > "/usr/bin/gs" is managed through the alternatives mechanism, so that it > does not exist until a Ghostscript providing package has been > configured). > > Can you confirm that installing a Ghostscript providing package will > solve the issue?
Since on Debian Ghostscript is not going to be called GSWIN32C.EXE ever, one could override detection by calling ./configure with the additional argument "GS=gs". The test in the configure script is mainly there for prodding Windows users to actually fix their PATH environment variable. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
