Bug#373868: tetex-doc: texdoctk can't find documentation files
merge 373868 372715
thanks
On Thu, Jun 15, 2006 at 17:23 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> I start texdoctk from the Debian help menu (help | TeXdoctk).
> Click on "Fundamentals/General References".
> Click on "User's guide" and the "view" button.
> A popup window says " ERROR
> usrguide.dvi not found, cancelling"
>
> I get similar results with every other file I tried.
>
> I have the files, but compressed, e.g.,
> /usr/share/doc/tetex-doc/latex/base/usrguide.dvi.gz
It's not the compression that causes the problem but a change in
location. See bug #372715.
> As a work around, I'll manually unzip the file and look at it with xdvi.
You could also just use 'texdoc usrguide', 'texdoc geometry' ...
cheerio
ralf
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