On Apr 2, 2004, at 5:50 PM, Peter DePasquale wrote:
Well, I've had a ton of problems installing tetex. At one point it seemed as though I was required to some of all of fink's X11 distribution on the system. (I don't understand why fink puts out it's own, since this seems to be the root of my confusion...)
Anyway, some of you had advised removing the X11 installation (apparently a combination of Apple's and Finks). I did that and reinstalled Apple's X11.
I then attempted to remove fink completely and reinstall. That too seems to have gone well.
Now, I'm just trying to get tetex installed so I can do latex. Ideally, I want latex on my Mac, not through an Xterm to a Linux box where I also have it installed (however, I'm still not convinced that this is do-able with Fink).
Yeah, I likely erred earlier today and attempted to install Fink's X11 (again). Noting the earlier apt-get sequence, I didn't follow through with it. Thus, I'm not going to remove anything, since the X11 installation *should* be Apple's.
Hmm, I think I might have removed /etc/X11 during the attempt at Fink X11 installation, so I think I'm screwed once again with this whole process. Who knows.
Unless you removed it yourself, it's still there.
Anyway, I'm now attempting to install TETEX from fink (I've recently given up on fink commander for now...).
They should be the same. Fink Commander runs the same commands.
There are a ton of libraries coming in and it's going to be a while. I may leave it for the night and come back in the morning. I'm sure it won't install without my help, but... I'm tired of dicking around with Fink this week.
Sorry, but I'm VERY frustrated by this whole process and clearly it's not been pleasant. I hope this is all worth the trouble, cause xterm to Linux is looking much better right now than this.
Remi's suggestion to use apt-get to install it is a good fallback--it will be quicker, too.
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