Thanks!  I will give that a try.

-Roy M.

On Dec 21, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

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> You would need need to hack the system-tetex package description
> locally to look  in the proper places for the items that it's
> complaining about.
>
> I'd recommend copying
> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/text/system-tetex.info into your
> local/finkinfo tree and modifying the local one to avoid having Fink
> clobber it.
>
>
> Roy Mendelssohn wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I am trying to install matplotlib and basemap.  One or the other of
>>  these wants a tex distribution.  I have installed the MacTex
>> version of tex from http://www.tug.org/mactex/ and I would rather
>> not install another version also.  I tried using system-tetex, but
>> it was an unhappy animal  (see below).  Is there anyway to trick
>> system-tetex into using the Tex I already have installed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Roy M.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Unpacking system-tetex (from .../system-tetex_20010808-15_darwin-
>>>  i386.deb) ...
>>>
>>>
>>> *** ERROR ***
>>>
>>> You don't a valid teTeX installation; you are missing the file(s)
>>>  /usr/local/teTeX/lib/libkpathsea.a /usr/local/teTeX/include/
>>> kpathsea/tex-file.h /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
>>>
>>> If you are using Gerben Wierda's distribution, you might be able
>>> to solve this problem by using the expert mode in i-Installer,
>>> and installing 'TeX Programs (developer extras)'.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, install the tetex-texmf and tetex-base packages
>>> instead, or install teTeX manually from
>>> http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html and then retry
>>> installing the system-tetex package.
>>
>>
>>
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>> any position of the U.S. Government or NOAA."
>> ********************** Roy Mendelssohn Supervisory Operations
>> Research Analyst NOAA/NMFS Environmental Research Division
>> Southwest Fisheries Science Center 1352 Lighthouse Avenue Pacific
>> Grove, CA 93950-2097
>>
>> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note new e-mail address) voice:
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>>
>> "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."
>>
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**********************
"The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S.  
Government or NOAA."
**********************
Roy Mendelssohn
Supervisory Operations Research Analyst
NOAA/NMFS
Environmental Research Division 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097

e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Note new e-mail address)
voice: (831)-648-9029
fax: (831)-648-8440
www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/

"Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill."




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