> If you have made a default installation of teTeX (2.0.2), the binaries > will be in a subdirectory of /usr/local/teTeX/bin. Put that into your > PATH before /usr/bin. >
I have indeed been attempting the default installation. Per your path advice, I tried executing the command: /usr/local/teTeX/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/texconfig but received the same error: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/texconfig: No $TEXMFMAIN in texmf.cnf file. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/texconfig: set TEXMFCNF variable to the directory where teTeX's texmf.cnf file is in. There is something else that I noticed which I believe is wrong. I thought I checked this before and it was okay, but it appears to be incorrect now. The command kpsewhich I believe is what texconfig uses to determine the location of the cnf files: Script started on Wed Nov 17 12:12:12 2004 bash-2.05b$ kpsewhich --show-path texmf.cnf /usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/bin:/usr:/:/usr/bin/share/texmf-local/web2c: /usr/share/texmf-local/web2c://share/texmf-local/web2c: /usr/bin/texmf-local/web2c:/usr/texmf-local/web2c://texmf-local/web2c: /usr/bin/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c://share/texmf/web2c: /usr/bin/texmf/web2c:/usr/texmf/web2c://texmf/web2c::/usr/share/texmf/web2c: /usr/share/texmf/web2c bash-2.05b$ exit Script done on Wed Nov 17 12:12:37 2004 My first concern is that /usr/local/teTeX/texmf/web2c does not appear in any of these paths. My second (and perhaps related) concern is that kpsewhich appears to be pointing to all kinds of junk that needn't and/or shouldn't be there. Do you have any thoughts about how this might be corrected? > Where does /usr/bin/texconfig belong to? The previous TeX installation > (which is now incomplete)? > I'm not sure. A previous installation is possible. I inherited the computer I'm trying to install on, and mpost was not working (and AUCTeX not installed), so I've been trying to install teTeX 2.0.2 to correct this. It is entirely possible (even probable) that my difficulties are a result of my own bungling ineptitude. At this point I have removed and reinstalled several times. > In the default setup of teTeX (here, I mean *my* original sources which > I guess you are using), no /etc/texmf is used, so if you don't have it, > this is not a problem at all. > This is good to know, thank you. I'm very new to user lists so please let me know if I am committing some sort of faux pas - can you tell me if it is better to include you on copy or only to email the user list? Thank you very much for taking the time to offer advice. Nick
