From: rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Problems with TeX distribution
Date: 10 Sep 1998 13:09:23 GMT
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Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I tried downloading the djgpp TeX distribution.  Everything seems to
> install and to be there, but I'm running into runtime failures.
> 
> When I run any of the .dvi packages, they attempt to build fonts.  But
> they keep failing to build.  From the error message, I seem to be
> missing some executable or another, and dvips crashes.  Stderr is as
> follows:
> 
> d:\djgpp>dvips sample2e
maybe issue it as dvips sample2e -o sample2e.ps
this way you will not send unwanted things to lpt1, but create the
file sample2e.ps

> dvipsk 5.66a Copyright 1986-97 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
> 
> ' TeX output 1998.09.09:0934' -> PRN
> kpathsea: Running MakeTeXPK cmr17 600 600 1+0/600 ljfour
> Bad command or file name
> kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.

The question becomes:
-Do you have MakeTeXPK.exe? (Which should invoke:)
-Do you have maketex.exe? (Which should invoke:)
-Do you have mf.exe? (Which should invoke:)
-Do you have gftopk.exe?
These should have been in webc70b.zip on simtel.
If you compiled to the .dvi yourself you should have them already.

> Given my past experiences with djgpp, my best guess is that I'm missing
> something I need to do this.  So what am I missing?

that would be webc70b.zip (I think)
Also take a(nother) look in %DJDIR%/gnu/texk-7.0/djgpp/README
(especially part IV: Troubleshooting.)

bye now,
 Robert.
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