can't build teTeX port in FreeBSD 8.2 amd64

[Antonio Olivares]

>> Which is this directory?
>
> I assumed you know.
>
> If you've got the full teTeX installation,
> start with
>
> % texdoc tds
>
> tds (TDS) stands for Tex Directory Structure.
> This is a sort of a standard on how tex
> tree should be organised. teTeX tree
> adheres to TDS convention.
>
> texdoc(1) is incredibly useful, give it a go.
>
> The TDS convention allow for several complementary
> trees. So teTeX tree, by default, is installed
> under /usr/local/share, see e.g.
> /usr/ports/print/teTeX-base/Makefile:
>
> TEXMFDIR=       share/texmf
> TEXMFDISTDIR=   share/texmf-dist
> TEXMFCONFIGDIR= share/texmf-config
> TEXMFLOCALDIR=  share/texmf-local
>
> Basically, the TDS tree is where latex
> will look for packages, fonts, etc.
>
> In addition, by default, latex (or whatever
> your invocation is) will look in user's
> local TDS tree, which is under $HOME/texmf.
>
> Here's a small example:
>
> BUZI> ls -alR $HOME/texmf
> total 12
> drwx------   3 mexas  wheel   512 Mar 23  2006 .
> drwx------  28 mexas  wheel  2048 Jul 30 23:15 ..
> drwx------   3 mexas  wheel   512 Mar 23  2006 bibtex
>
> /home/mexas/texmf/bibtex:
> total 12
> drwx------  3 mexas  wheel  512 Mar 23  2006 .
> drwx------  3 mexas  wheel  512 Mar 23  2006 ..
> drwx------  2 mexas  wheel  512 Mar 23  2006 bst
>
> /home/mexas/texmf/bibtex/bst:
> total 60
> drwx------  2 mexas  wheel    512 Mar 23  2006 .
> drwx------  3 mexas  wheel    512 Mar 23  2006 ..
> -rw-------  1 mexas  wheel  25593 Mar 23  2006 jmr.bst
> BUZI>
>
> For this book I ended up with something like this:
>
> /home/mexas/texmf
>   |-doc
>   |---fonts
>   |-----bera
>   |---generic
>   |-----pgf
>   |-------images
>   |-------licenses
>   |-------macros
>   |-------text-en
>   |---------plots
>   |-------version-for-dvipdfm
>   |---------en
>   |-------version-for-dvipdfmx
>   |---------en
>   |-------version-for-dvips
>   |---------en
>   |-------version-for-pdftex
>   |---------en
>   |-------version-for-tex4ht
>   |---------en
>   |-------version-for-vtex
>   |---------en
>   |-----------plots
>   |-------version-for-xetex
>   |---------en
>   |---latex
>   |-----fourier
>   |-dvips
>   |---config
>   |-fonts
>   |---afm
>   |-----public
>   |-------fourier
>   |---map
>   |-----dvips
>   |-------fourier
>   |-----vtex
>   |---tfm
>   |-----dingbat
>   |-----public
>   |-------bbding
>   |-------bera
>   |-------fourier
>   |-------fouriernc
>   |---type1
>   |-----public
>   |-------fourier
>   |---vf
>   |-----public
>   |-------bera
>   |-------fourier
>   |-------fouriernc
>   |-fouriernc
>   |---source
>   |-nomencl
>   |-phaistos
>   |---OpenType
>   |---afm
>   |---dvips
>   |---tfm
>   |---type1
>   |---var
>   |-tex
>   |---context
>   |-----pgf
>   |-------basiclayer
>   |-------frontendlayer
>   |-------math
>   |-------systemlayer
>   |-------utilities
>   |---generic
>   |-----pgf
>   |-------basiclayer
>   |-------frontendlayer
>   |---------svg
>   |---------tikz
>   |-----------libraries
>   |-------------circuits
>   |-------------datavisualization
>   |-------libraries
>   |---------datavisualization
>   |---------decorations
>   |---------shapes
>   |-----------circuits
>   |-------math
>   |-------modules
>   |-------rendering
>   |-------systemlayer
>   |-------testsuite
>   |---------external
>   |---------mathtest
>   |-------utilities
>   |---latex
>   |-----bbding
>   |-----bera
>   |-----dingbat
>   |-----fourier
>   |-----fouriernc
>   |-----pgf
>   |-------basiclayer
>   |-------compatibility
>   |-------doc
>   |-------frontendlayer
>   |---------libraries
>   |-------math
>   |-------systemlayer
>   |-------utilities
>   |-----phaistos
>   |-----shadethm
>   |---plain
>   |-----pgf
>   |-------basiclayer
>   |-------frontendlayer
>   |-------math
>   |-------systemlayer
>   |-------utilities
>
>>
>> I don't have it :(
>>
>> [olivares at quadcore ~]$ pwd
>> /home/olivares
>> [olivares at quadcore ~]$ cd texmf
>> bash: cd: texmf: No such file or directory
>>
>> I know that under texlive there is a ~/.texlive/ folder, but there is
>> no ~/.teTeX/texmf in the home folder.
>
> no, this is unrelated, see above.
>
>>
>> > (I used the latest distro:
>> >  http://media.texample.net/pgf/builds/pgfCVS2010-09-28_TDS.zip )
>>
>> How and where do I install this one?
>
> different parts in different parts of your local tree.
> In fact all you have to do is to copy this zip
> under your $HOME/texmf and unzip it there, it will
> place all its file where they belong. If you start from
> this package, you will have your local TDS in place
> straight away.
>
>> For the other book, I installed print/latex-pgf/ port and I got it to
>> work, the one diffyqs.tex previously mentioned.
>
> ok, I'll look at this later.
>
> Anyway, what I did to get this book built
> is not what I'd like to do all the time.
> I want to have everything I need in ports,
> so I'll work towards having all the above
> packages in ports, eventually.
>
> --

I have been using TeX for a while and I have never had to set up
anthing like this :(  I had used MikTeX in winblow$ and TeTeX in linux
distros and FreeBSD 5.3/FreeBSD6.2, and I had never had to mess with
TDS.

This is what I always did, I tried to compile a tex project and it
failed, I looked at which *.sty file was needed and I downloaded it
from CTTAN or off another computer that had it and put it directly on
the folder that I was working on.  This had always worked for me.

On TeXlive installations(with full TeXLive 20XY installations), I have
not had to hunt down *.sty files, except of course that big tikz
hungry trigbook package:

http://media.texample.net/pgf/builds/pgfCVS2010-09-28_TDS.zip

I downloaded it, and did not know what to do with it :(  Not even with
the full TeXLive 2010 package installed I could get that trigbook
going :(  [compiled except the tikz stuff ]

Am taking a look at TDS, but still confused :(

Regards,

Antonio