Re: Newbie looking for help!
Paul Vojta <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.tex.xdvi.devel |
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Hadn't thought about that. There's also evince (for gnome users). --Paul Vojta, [email protected] On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 05:07:23PM +0000, Cook, Rich wrote: > I just discovered we have a tool called okular which does the trick. > Sorry for the trouble! I feel foolish, it's nice to find that the problem is solved. :-) > Thanks-- > -- Rich > > On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Cook, Rich wrote: > > > Hi, > > Sadly, I cannot write into /usr/share or /usr/bin etc. > > Through our package/install process, I am only given write access to /usr/local/ > > Environment variables and symlinks are the way we manage this in all other packages. It's a bit more complicated, I realize, but it's what I have to work with... > > Thanks! > > > > On Sep 29, 2012, at 1:21 AM, Paul Vojta wrote: > > > >> The easiest way would be to put the xdvi binary and wrapper script in with > >> the binaries of tex, latex, etc., and then put xdvi.cfg in > >> /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/xdvi.cfg > >> > >> Is that possible? Otherwise, I'll try to come up with some environment > >> variables to set. > >> > >> --Paul > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 09:12:28PM +0000, Cook, Rich wrote: > >>> Great, here you go: > >>> > >>> rcook@rzgpu2 (test): kpsewhich cmex10.pfb > >>> /usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/bluesky/cm/cmex10.pfb > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> On Sep 28, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Paul Vojta wrote: > >>> > >>>> Dear Rich: > >>>> > >>>> cmex10.pfb is a postscript file for font that the document is using. > >>>> You should be able to find it with > >>>> > >>>> kpsewhich cmex10.pfb > >>>> > >>>> --Paul > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 04:13:38PM +0000, Cook, Rich wrote: > >>>>> Hi, great, thanks for the offer of help. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sep 26, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Paul Vojta wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Dear Rich: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> In order to answer your question, I need to know: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Where is xdvi.cfg? > >>>>> > >>>>> rcook@rzgpu2 (xdvik-22.85): cd /usr/local/tools/xdvik-22.85/ > >>>>> rcook@rzgpu2 (xdvik-22.85): find ./ -name xdvi.cfg > >>>>> ./texmf/xdvi/xdvi.cfg > >>>>> rcook@rzgpu2 (xdvik-22.85): find ./ -name cmex10.pfb > >>>>> > >>>>> I don't know what or where is cmex10.pfb. Is it one of these mysterious "kapthsea" things? The depths of my cluelessness here are pretty profound. > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> And, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> where are files like cmex10.pfb? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> --Paul Vojta, [email protected] > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:51:15PM +0000, Cook, Rich wrote: > >>>>>>> Hi, I apologize for this if this is the wrong list or this is a dumb question, but I am not a Latex/xdvi user. I am a package maintainer and am trying to install Xdvi on our clusters to support a user request. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I was able to get it to compile and install, but it is now unable to find its config file. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I get the error: > >>>>>>> /usr/local/bin/xdvi example1.dvi > >>>>>>> xdvi: Warning: Unable to find "xdvi.cfg"! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode / --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 cmex10 > >>>>>>> mktexpk: Cannot find mktex.opt; check your installation. > >>>>>>> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> .... > >>>>>>> Followed by lots and lots of other errors, which sort of makes sense I guess. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Here is how I configured and installed the software. Actually, this is all done as root on a build farm that creates the packages and then we deploy using apt. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> pushd xdvik-22.85 > >>>>>>> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/tools/xdvik-22.85 --disable-all-pkgs --enable-xdvik --without-system-kpathsea --without-system-ptexenc --disable-texlive --enable-build-in-source-tree > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> make install DESTDIR=/ > >>>>>>> pushd texk/kpathsea > >>>>>>> make install DESTDIR=/ > >>>>>>> popd > >>>>>>> popd > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The package then creates a symlink /usr/local/bin/xdvi: > >>>>>>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 rcook rcook 38 Sep 26 16:33 /usr/local/bin/xdvi -> //usr/local/tools/xdvik-22.85/bin/xdvi > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> This is a wrapper script which does this: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> export PATH=//usr/local/tools/xdvik-22.85/bin:$PATH > >>>>>>> //usr/local/tools/xdvik-22.85/bin/xdvi.real "$@" > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Help? Sorry for the complicated setup -- it's a long story. :-) Glad to tell it, but perhaps not relevant. > >>>>>>> Thanks a bunch! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> ???Richard Cook > >>>>>>> ??? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > >>>>>>> Bldg-453 Rm-4024, Mail Stop L-557 > >>>>>>> 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA > >>>>>>> ??? (office) (925) 423-9605 > >>>>>>> ??? (fax) (925) 423-6961 > >>>>>>> --- > >>>>>>> Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., Integrated Computing & Communications Dept. > >>>>>>> (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL) > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> How fast is your code? > >>>>>>> 3 out of 4 devs don\\\'t know how their code performs in production. > >>>>>>> Find out how slow your code is with AppDynamics Lite. > >>>>>>> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;262219672;13503038;z? > >>>>>>> http://info.appdynamics.com/FreeJavaPerformanceDownload.html > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> XDvi-core mailing list > >>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdvi-core > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> ???Richard Cook > >>>>> ??? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > >>>>> Bldg-453 Rm-4024, Mail Stop L-557 > >>>>> 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA > >>>>> ??? (office) (925) 423-9605 > >>>>> ??? (fax) (925) 423-6961 > >>>>> --- > >>>>> Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., Integrated Computing & Communications Dept. > >>>>> (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL) > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ???Richard Cook > >>> ??? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > >>> Bldg-453 Rm-4024, Mail Stop L-557 > >>> 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA > >>> ??? (office) (925) 423-9605 > >>> ??? (fax) (925) 423-6961 > >>> --- > >>> Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., Integrated Computing & Communications Dept. > >>> (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL) > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > -- > > ???Richard Cook > > ??? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > Bldg-453 Rm-4024, Mail Stop L-557 > > 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA > > ??? (office) (925) 423-9605 > > ??? (fax) (925) 423-6961 > > --- > > Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., Integrated Computing & Communications Dept. > > (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL) > > > > > > > > -- > ???Richard Cook > ??? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > Bldg-453 Rm-4024, Mail Stop L-557 > 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA > ??? (office) (925) 423-9605 > ??? (fax) (925) 423-6961 > --- > Information Management & Graphics Grp., Services & Development Div., Integrated Computing & Communications Dept. > (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Got visibility? Most devs has no idea what their production app looks like. 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