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From: "Alex Stark" <alex AT mdag DOT org>
To: JGMBenoit AT Wanadoo DOT fr, alex AT mdag DOT org, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Subject: Re: teTeX (tetex-beta-20001218) out-of-box problems
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Yep, it appears that the problem was more with the dependencies between 
packages.  Our mirror copy is probably the default installation, and 
installs tetex but not texmf.

So, revised suggestions:
*) Occasionally install default cygwin from scratch.
*) Something in the quick install guide that identifies installation 
problems would be really helpful.  Specifically, I was mislead by texmf 
not being listed in the dependencies in the .README file.
*) Keep an eye on the default packages.

Thanks,
Alex.

> Hi,
> 
> is it the test version or the current one ?
> 
> Please note that the tetex-beta does not provide a TeX Directory
> Structure:
> see texmf package to get one.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jerome
> 
> 
> Alex Stark wrote:
> > 
> > I'm having problems simply installing cygwin and trying to get 
teTeX to
> > configure. (eg cygwin 1.3.6)
> > 
> > *) I have followed the README files and Quick install files.
> > *) It wasn't amazingly obvious to me that I needed to go down a deep
> > tree to find .cnf.frozen files and copy them to .cnf files.
> > *) config.ps was missing, but I can't find instructions on how to
> > create for the standard setup (600dpi pdf output).
> > *) Even then, texconfig barfs as soon as it tries to
> > find "language.dat".  This is beyond my (once extensive) knowledge 
of
> > TeX.
> > 
> > Bottom line - I'd recommend a maintainer start from a scratch 
cygwin,
> > and check that there are idiot instructions for each step.  Note 
that
> > the above difficulties would go away with in-place upgrades, since 
they
> > all result from missing files.
> > 
> > Yes - I realize that extensive study of the teTeX docs would yield 
the
> > answers, but (a) the quick guides are made to look complete, (b) 
it's
> > not that hard, and (c) it's very difficult to identify the relevant 
doc
> > and the relevant information therein.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Alex Stark.
> > 
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Alex Stark / alex AT mdag DOT org
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