On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, Magnus Mager wrote: > test -f /usr/local/bin/i586-pc-linux-gnu/texconfig && \ > TEXMFMAIN=/usr/local/share/texmf > >PATH=/usr/local/bin/i586-pc-linux-gnu:/usr/local/bin/i586-pc-linux-gnu:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > > \ > /usr/local/bin/i586-pc-linux-gnu/texconfig init > ^[[H^[[2JError opening terminal: generic. > ^[[H^[2Jmake: *** [install] Error 1
It appears that your TERM variable is set to "generic" rather than something like "xterm" or "vt100". I think this failure is in the last step of the install, where you need to do the final setup. You can try fixing the terminal settings and running "texconfig init" manually. Whenever I install a new TeX distro I always try running "latex ltxcheck" (as an ordinary user in a scratch directory) to make sure the basics are working correctly, followed by some simple things like "etex story && dvips story", "latex sample2e && dvips sample2e", etc. -- George White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Halifax, Nova Scotia
