Using capsule versoion of TeX from Pragma.
To help solve some other problems I disabled the path to my existing TeXLive distro, downloaded the minimal Linux-tex from Pragma, and unzipped it in /usr/local. Following TeXLive conventions I established a path to /usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/bin in /etc/profile and rebooted. The executables at the end of that path were not executable so I made them executable. (chmod 777 *) I also made the setuptex script in /usr/local/tex executable. Per the instructions in setuptex I ran the following: ./setuptex . #note period mktexlsr texexec --make --alone ----and got the following error message /usr/bin/env: ruby: No such file or directory at this point I thought I had best stop stumbling around and ask for help. My base system is Slackware LInux 10.0. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book packagers/coaches/consultants: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf Printers who are SPAN sponsors: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/printers.pdf
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, John Culleton wrote:
/usr/bin/env: ruby: No such file or directory
at this point I thought I had best stop stumbling around and ask for help. My base system is Slackware LInux 10.0.
There should be a package named "ruby" or similar on Slackware, and that has to be installed. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/
On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:24, Peter Münster wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, John Culleton wrote:
/usr/bin/env: ruby: No such file or directory
at this point I thought I had best stop stumbling around and ask for help. My base system is Slackware LInux 10.0.
There should be a package named "ruby" or similar on Slackware, and that has to be installed. Cheers, Peter As it happens, there isn't, and this a full Slackware install. I have installed many versions of TeXlive over the years. I have upgraded Context several times. This error message is new.
If Ruby is necessary to make the minimal linux package offered on Pragma functional it would be helpful to specify that in the readme. I thought the Pragma Linux TeX package was self-contained. It would also be helpful if a fmtutil.cnf file were included so that fmtutil would work. I will try downloading ruby from somewhere, installing that and moving forward. If that doesn't work then I will give up on the Pragma minmal distro. It is a good idea, but it doesn't work correctly. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book packagers/coaches/consultants: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf Printers who are SPAN sponsors: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/printers.pdf
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, John Culleton wrote:
If Ruby is necessary to make the minimal linux package offered on Pragma functional it would be helpful to specify that in the readme. I thought the Pragma Linux TeX package was self-contained. It would also be helpful if a fmtutil.cnf file were included so that fmtutil would work.
I will try downloading ruby from somewhere, installing that and moving forward. If that doesn't work then I will give up on the Pragma minmal distro. It is a good idea, but it doesn't work correctly.
About one week ago, I installed the latest teTeX-beta (about 100 MB to download). And now I checked for usage of ruby: ls -lu `which ruby` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5363 Sep 23 2003 /usr/bin/ruby So, it seems, ruby wasn't needed... I've just made a little script for my brother to install the newest teTeX on SuSE (should work also for other distributions). Perhaps you'll find it useful, so I attach it to this message. Just run it as root and then log in again to get the right PATH. There is also the latest version of pdfTeX. Cheers, Peter -- http://pmrb.free.fr/contact/
Peter Münster wrote:
If Ruby is necessary to make the minimal linux package offered on Pragma functional it would be helpful to specify that in the readme. I thought the Pragma Linux TeX package was self-contained. It would also be helpful if a fmtutil.cnf file were included so that fmtutil would work.
I will try downloading ruby from somewhere, installing that and moving forward. If that doesn't work then I will give up on the Pragma minmal distro. It is a good idea, but it doesn't work correctly.
About one week ago, I installed the latest teTeX-beta (about 100 MB to download). And now I checked for usage of ruby: ls -lu `which ruby` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5363 Sep 23 2003 /usr/bin/ruby
So, it seems, ruby wasn't needed...
I've just made a little script for my brother to install the newest teTeX on SuSE (should work also for other distributions). Perhaps you'll find it useful, so I attach it to this message. Just run it as root and then log in again to get the right PATH. There is also the latest version of pdfTeX.
nowadays perl, python and ruby are present on must linux systems as well as macosx; on windows there are good installers so that should not be a problem as well; currently in context, texexec, texutil, texfont and texshow are perl scripts, while the rest is ruby; i'm moving code from texutil to some ruby counterparts, and some day soon i'll split/cleanup texexec as well [but i will keep things downward compatible]; texfont is in the process of cleanup [wybo cleaned up the code and i will pick up that thread once i've finished some way-behind work] in principle, one can expect perl, python and ruby scripts as part of the context distribution, since all have their benefits Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:24, Peter Münster wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, John Culleton wrote:
/usr/bin/env: ruby: No such file or directory
at this point I thought I had best stop stumbling around and ask for help. My base system is Slackware LInux 10.0.
There should be a package named "ruby" or similar on Slackware, and that has to be installed. Cheers, Peter
Well I installed Ruby and got to the next problem. I went back to step 1: setuptex . ...followed by texexec --make --alone --- ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? ! I can't read mp.pool; bad path? ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? ---- So now I have a path problem. The set command shows the path as: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/bin: /opt/www/htdig/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:. What path items do I need, beyond :/usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/bin? Thanks for your help. -- John Culleton Short list of publishing/marketing books: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book packagers/coaches/consultants: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf Printers who are SPAN sponsors: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/printers.pdf
On Sunday 30 January 2005 14:47, John Culleton wrote:
On Sunday 30 January 2005 12:24, Peter Münster wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, John Culleton wrote:
/usr/bin/env: ruby: No such file or directory
at this point I thought I had best stop stumbling around and ask for help. My base system is Slackware LInux 10.0.
There should be a package named "ruby" or similar on Slackware, and that has to be installed. Cheers, Peter
Well I installed Ruby and got to the next problem. I went back to step 1: setuptex . ...followed by texexec --make --alone
--- ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? ! I can't read mp.pool; bad path? ! I can't read pdfetex.pool; bad path? ---- So now I have a path problem. The set command shows the path as:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/tex/texmf-linux /bin: /opt/www/htdig/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/us r/lib/qt/bin:.
What path items do I need, beyond :/usr/local/tex/texmf-linux/bin?
Thanks for your help.
Referring to the path problem, I went through all kinds of set PATH gyrations and modifications to /etc/profile but with no success. So finally I copied the two necessary pool files up to /usr/local/tex and ran through the cycle once again. That worked, but it is obviously a crude kludge and not a correct solution. I will at some point write a list of what I had to do to make the minimal Linux-TeX package work and submit it to Hans as a howto and/or a todo list. Anyhow it works currently and the infamous hyphenation problem is no more. -- John Culleton
John Culleton wrote:
I will at some point write a list of what I had to do to make the minimal Linux-TeX package work and submit it to Hans as a howto and/or a todo list. Anyhow it works currently and the infamous hyphenation problem is no more.
you mean the minimal one from our website? just run . /path-to-minimal-tex/setuptex /path-to-minimal-tex and things should work; so, you can add those to your profile or just call it before using tex [btw, the pool files are in the web2c subpaths] Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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