Re: Big problem with TeX/LaTeX
Paul Rightley writes:
> teTeX does seem to install now (and I do not have the TeX environment
> variables set... To me, this is not right. This means that I cannot
> use dselect to remove the teTeX packages and then reinstall them without
> executing commands not related to dselect. Is this a fault with one of
> the install scripts? It has apparently bitten several people other
> then myself.
Please tell me which variables you had to unset so I can add them to
the scripts. The install-scripts unset:
TETEXDIR=
TEXMF=
TEXINPUTS=
C. Martin
>
> Thanks for such a great distribution,
>
> Paul
>
> On 23-Jun-97 Christoph Martin wrote:
> >Paul Rightley <pright@lanl.gov> writes:
> >
> >What about TEX specific environment variables as sugested in the
> >output? Unset all of them for installation.
> >
> >Christoph
> >
> >>
> >> I was wondering if anyone has run into this lately and if it is something
> >> I am doing wrong...
> >>
> >> I have used the 'new' tetex packages of Debian for some time now. I was
> >> recently 'forced' to remove X and tex from my machine temporarily. Now I
> >> have X back and running, but am having problems getting the tetex packages
> >> to install and work. (I have seen at least one other posting describing
> >> one of the symptoms I am having.)
> >>
> >> I start with a 'tex-clean' system. Then I do a dpkg -i
> >tetex-base_0.4pl6-5.deb
> >> This seems to work fine. Then I do dpkg -i tetex-bin_0.4pl6-8.deb and things
> >> start going wrong. When it tries to configure the package, it produces
> >errors
> >> like:
> >>
> >> >Please set the environment variable TETEXDIR or TEXMFCNF correctly.
> >> >For details see the teTeX and the Kpathsea manual
> >> >kpsetool: language.dat not found.
> >> >kpsetool: modes.mf not found.
> >> >kpsetool: texmf.cnf not found.
> >> >/usr/bin/texconfig: cd: /web2c: No such file or directory
> >> >Error opening terminal: generic.
> >> >/usr/bin/texconfig: /tmp/texconf4119/logfile: No such file or directory
> >> >Output of initex is in /tmp/texconfig.out
> >>
> >> >If you want to change the default settings,
> >> >use /usr/bin/texconfig to configure teTeX.
> >>
> >> Running /usr/bin/texconfig produces similar errors. Now, when I go to
> >> latex something, I get
> >>
> >> >This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (C version 6.1)
> >> >I can't find the default format file!
> >>
> >> Which is the symptom reported recently in this mail list.
> >>
> >> What should I do to get a working latex installation?
> >>
> >> Paul
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