Thank you Roger, Since you said the tgz file is compressed, I re-downloaded it, and the original problem went away! I guess it had been slightly corrupted somehow during transfer.
Next I found that Debian (Jessie) installs an older version of PolyML (5.2) and does not include polyc, so ProofPower fails installation. (I could see the problem in the build.log.) I got the source for PolyML 5.5 and built it. Also missing in Debian are some of the libx* libraries, but you clearly list those in the installation instructions (thank you for that!). Now ProofPower installs and I am a happy camper again! I really appreciate the support you provide. -Dave On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Roger Bishop Jones <postmas...@rbjones.com> wrote: > David, > > On 05/07/15 06:02, David Topham wrote: > > I am installing the latest version of OpenProofPower in Debian. > > > > When I run ./configure, I get a message saying that tex and latex is > > not found. > > > > I know latex is installed (although not in the normal directory). I > > put the location > > of latex in PATH, but still no dice. I can run latex from the command > > line with no problems. > > > What does "which latex" say? > The configure script is checking with its own version of "which" to get > around > problems with which in some contexts. > > > Is there a requirement that latex be in a certain directory? > No. > > Or any environment variables other > > than PATH that should be updated? > > > No. I have TEXINPUTS BIBINPUTS BSTINPUTS and INDEXSTYLE but none of > those is required, > See section 4 of the README file for further advice on environment > variables. > > > > > > One other minor comment: when trying to extract the tgz file, I get > > message saying the file is not in a valid > > zip format! If I use tar without the z option, it works ok. > > > That doesn't sound right. > The latest release file will unpack with tar whether or not z is > specified but if > the file you have is not compressed then its not the right file. > > I suggest you go back to square 1(ish) download the latest tar file, > unpack it and try again, > Then if you still have the problem, report back in greater detail, > (though there isn't a lot more detail to be had!). > i.e. exactly what you did and what the response was and the output > from "which latex". > > Roger > >
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