Re: Newbie looking for help!

Paul Vojta <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Oct 2012 11:34:41 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.xdvi.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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
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> >>>>>>> (opinions expressed herein are mine and not those of LLNL)
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> 
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> >>>>> 
> >>>>> -- 
> >>>>> ???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    
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> >>>>> (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)
> 
> 
> 

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