OK, I've had some luck getting it installed, but working is another matter...
> > >>This would suggest that ifsym is not properly installed. Did you (a) > > >>install it and (b) update your TeX file database? If so, try > > >> 'kpsewhich ifsym.sty' from a shell to see if the system knows where to > > >> find it. I now get: /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/ifsym/ifsym.sty > > Have a gander at > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/74e0c7f > >14 > > 63c2800/63afac8d94f2a096%2363afac8d94f2a096?sa=X&oi=groupsr&start=0&num=3 > > Thanks - I'll be bookmarking that group... I had a search through the group and found this: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/3a3cf8a882c381f0/f95bb70317f65139?q=install+font&rnum=3#f95bb70317f65139 I followed the instructions on the URL in the above post to: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tugindia/2001-August/000056.html which were similar to the instructions in the .ps file you described. I ran texhash on a simple Tex file, and got an error: kpathsea: Running mktexmf ifgeo10 ! I can't find file `ifgeo10'. <*> ...=ljfour; mag:=1; nonstopmode; input ifgeo10 so I ran: mktexmf ifsysm This appeared to generate a metafont file, which one placed in the texmf tree (and after another texhash) appeared to sort all the LaTex errors. I then included the package in a Lyx file preamble( \usepackage[geometry]{ifsym}), and \FilledTriangleUp in ERT and again this ran fine. Unfortunately, the output was not as I'd hope. Instead of getting a triangle, I have an 'a' in the DVI, and nothing in pdf. This is the same processing through LyX or LaTeX on the command line. Is this a similar problem to the one you described before? >Metafont choked trying to generate the >necessary fonts. It seems to think there is a syntax error in either >ifgeo10.mf or (more likely) ifgeo.gen, which the former includes. Thanks for all the help. I've learnt a lot about installing a package now, but it would be nice if we could get it to work. Are there any more guru tips to get this going please? Dave
