can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64
Anton Shterenlikht
mexas at bristol.ac.uk
Fri Jul 15 23:56:13 UTC 2011
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 09:33:45AM -0500, Antonio Olivares wrote:
> >> > I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive
> >>
> >> I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the installation is headache-free.
> >>
> >
> > What exactly is missing from teTeX?
>
> Try this, get the source for a free college Algebra Book:
>
> http://www.stitz-zeager.com/Precalculus/Stitz_Zeager_Open_Source_Precalculus_files/SZPreCalc07152011SourceCode.zip
>
> Use this script to generate the book:
>
> name it genAlgTrigBook
> chmod +x genAlgTrigBook
> and run
> $ ./genAlgTrigBook
> with in the SZPreCalc0715201 folder after extracting the zip file with
> command unzip SZPreCalc07152011SourceCode.zip
>
> ====================================================
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # change JPG to jpg since *nix systems are case sensitive
> for i in `find . -name "*JPG"`
> do
> mv "$i" "$(echo $i|sed 's/JPG/jpg/g')"
> done
> sleep 5;
> pdflatex AlgTrigBook.tex -interaction=nonstop
> sleep 2;
> for i in *.mp
> do
> mpost $i
> done
> sleep 5;
> pdflatex AlgTrigBook.tex -interaction=nonstop
> sleep 5;
> makeindex AlgTrigBook
> sleep 5;
> pdflatex AlgTrigBook.tex -interaction=nonstop
> ====================================================
>
> Can you fully compile the book without errors?
>
> Let us know and if you can without adding a bunch of *.sty files then
I got it after adding chapterfolder,
and updating mfpic - just 2 packages, one missing
and another too old.
I'm on ia64 mainly and sometimes on sparc64,
and I understand the consequences of my choice.
Anyway, I love the FreeBSD ports system and
hate to see something lacking there. I'll
talk to hrs@ and see how the above 2 packages
can be included/updated. For me this is a
better route compared to having a binary
bypassing the ports and available on only
2 arches.
Will update if this is successful.
--
Anton Shterenlikht
Room 2.6, Queen's Building
Mech Eng Dept
Bristol University
University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944
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