Re: Newbie looking for help!
Paul Vojta <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:35:25 -0700
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.tex.xdvi.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In case you find it useful, adding the following lines to your shell script should make xdvi work: export TEXMFCNF=/usr/share/texmf/web2c export TEXMFMAIN=/usr/share/texmf export XDVIINPUTS=/usr/local/tools/xdvik-22.85/texmf/xdvi: (Note the trailing colon on XDVIINPUTS.) Sincerely, Paul Vojta On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 01:21:53AM -0700, 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 > > >>>> ??? 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