X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RFC_ABUSE_POST,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4DDEA80B.7080702@cornell.edu> References: <4DDE9CFF.20502@veritech.com> <4DDEA72A.9040102@ece.cmu.edu> <4DDEA80B.7080702@cornell.edu> Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 22:33:15 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Does Latex/Tex install? Does Latex/Tex work? How do you get it installed? How do you get it to work? From: Dima Pasechnik To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com tetex is dead and buried. Indeed, http://www.tug.org/tetex/ says: ----------------------------------------------- De-support notice I (Thomas Esser) have decided not to make new releases of teTeX any more (May 2006). ----------------------------------------------- In fact, newer (la)tex packages tend not to work with tetex. Perhaps it is time for cygwin to switch to Tex Live. On 26 May 2011 21:20, Ken Brown wrote: > On 5/26/2011 3:16 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: >> >> On 26/05/2011 2:33 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote: >>> >>> I have never been able to get the Tex stuff to work. I've never >>> even been able to install it successfully. >>> >>> I admit it, I'm a dolt. >>> >>> Anybody have the "magic beans" on this? >>> >>> I've tried installing and reinstalling. Never can get it to work. >> >> As it happens, I'm running tetex as we speak. It's never been a problem >> for me, except the time I had MikTex in my cygwin path and the two >> fought. I don't know anything about ec-fonts or jadetex, though. Here >> are the cygwin packages I have installed: >> >> tetex =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 3.0= .0-3 >> tetex-base =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A03.0.0-3 >> tetex-bin =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 3.0.0-3 >> tetex-extra =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 3.0.0-3 >> tetex-tiny =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A03.0.0-3 >> >>> Problem reports: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 http://cygwin.com/problems.html >> >> You didn't say what OS or version of cygwin you're running, but assuming >> it's 1.7 you might try a fresh install to, say, c:\cygwin-tex, which >> includes only the base packages and tetex. It won't harm your existing >> install in any way, and you should be able to use the saved packages >> from previous downloads rather than having to download again. >> >> If that works you probably have a corrupted cygwin installation (which >> would make sense given all the strange errors you mention); if it >> doesn't work then something really weird is going on. > > Another alternative if the OP wants a modern TeX system is TeX Live > (http://www.tug.org/texlive/). =C2=A0It supports Cygwin OOTB. > > Ken > Dmitrii -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple