[SOLVED] latex error installing texlive via sbopkg
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SO I was trying to install texlive. I removed tetex and tetex-docs beforehand like the readme says, and proceeded to build. Files all downloaded properly, but after it runs for a bit, it gives met his error:
Code:
checking for latex... no
checking for elatex... no
checking for lambda... no
checking for pdflatex... no
configure: error: LATEX is required to build xindy rules
=== configuring in xindy failed
make[2]: *** [subutils] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/texlive-20110705-source/Work/utils'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/texlive-20110705-source/Work/utils'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
Command exited with non-zero status 2
213.27user 78.58system 5:30.62elapsed 88%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 674928maxresident)k
16inputs+1020128outputs (0major+24810714minor)pagefaults 0swaps
+ echo 2
done (exit status 2) Sat Dec 24 05:07:04 EST 2011
My exact process was to type
Code:
su -
, remove tetex and tetex-doc, open sbopkg, and install texlive.
The error seems to indicate that I'm missing Latex, and Google has not helped me to figure out this problem. I can't even find a latex package to try to install.
This is while running in Terminal in xfce in Slackware64 -current.
The problem was that I wasn't literal enough with the readme. I removed tetex and tetex-doc before trying to compile texlive, but all the readme actually says is to remove them before INSTALLING texlive. I reinstalled the packages, compiled texlive without issue, removed the packages again, installed texlive, and all is well.
The problem was that I wasn't literal enough with the readme. I removed tetex and tetex-doc before trying to compile texlive, but all the readme actually says is to remove them before INSTALLING texlive. I reinstalled the packages, compiled texlive without issue, removed the packages again, installed texlive, and all is well.
I have the same error but in my case, i only tried to compile it. I hadn't remove anything when compiling and error is still present. Don't know why. I don't use sbopkg, i tried to compiling it with terminal, still no progess.
Code:
checking what warning flags to pass to the C compiler... -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unknown-pragmas
checking for clisp... clisp
checking for perl... perl
checking for latex... no
checking for elatex... no
checking for lambda... no
checking for pdflatex... no
configure: error: LATEX is required to build xindy rules
=== configuring in xindy failed
make[2]: *** [subutils] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/texlive-20110705-source/Work/utils'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/texlive-20110705-source/Work/utils'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
Command exited with non-zero status 2
195.99user 21.86system 4:27.00elapsed 81%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 396208maxresident)k
0inputs+566528outputs (0major+19572551minor)pagefaults 0swaps
+ echo 2
done (exit status 2) Sun Jan 1 23:51:40 CET 2012
root@darkstar:/tmp/texlive# ^C
root@darkstar:/tmp/texlive# mcedit tex
texi2html-5.0.tar.bz2 texlive-20110705-texmf.tar.xz
texlive-20110705-extra.tar.xz texlive.SlackBuild
texlive-20110705-source.tar.xz texlive.info
root@darkstar:/tmp/texlive# mcedit texlive.SlackBuild
I downloaded all files from slackbuild, with sources.
I have the same error but in my case, i only tried to compile it. I hadn't remove anything when compiling and error is still present. Don't know why. I don't use sbopkg, i tried to compiling it with terminal, still no progess.
Code:
checking what warning flags to pass to the C compiler... -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unknown-pragmas
checking for clisp... clisp
checking for perl... perl
checking for latex... no
checking for elatex... no
checking for lambda... no
checking for pdflatex... no
configure: error: LATEX is required to build xindy rules
=== configuring in xindy failed
make[2]: *** [subutils] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/texlive-20110705-source/Work/utils'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/SBo/texlive-20110705-source/Work/utils'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
Command exited with non-zero status 2
195.99user 21.86system 4:27.00elapsed 81%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 396208maxresident)k
0inputs+566528outputs (0major+19572551minor)pagefaults 0swaps
+ echo 2
done (exit status 2) Sun Jan 1 23:51:40 CET 2012
root@darkstar:/tmp/texlive# ^C
root@darkstar:/tmp/texlive# mcedit tex
texi2html-5.0.tar.bz2 texlive-20110705-texmf.tar.xz
texlive-20110705-extra.tar.xz texlive.SlackBuild
texlive-20110705-source.tar.xz texlive.info
root@darkstar:/tmp/texlive# mcedit texlive.SlackBuild
I downloaded all files from slackbuild, with sources.
I don't understand. In what purpose? I've tried to install it with root privileages with su, and given password so i was not as a user but as a root. It is because of mentioned at slackubilds.org path?
I don't understand. In what purpose? I've tried to install it with root privileages with su, and given password so i was not as a user but as a root. It is because of mentioned at slackubilds.org path?
Yes of course... the installer was not to be able to find xindy because of the path.
check "$ env" like this "$ env | grep PATH" and look for example this environment variable "PATH=", you see?
now you can do this:
# slocate -u (if you never ran before)
# slocate xindy
where is it? in the user account you have /usr/share/texmf/bin moreover if you check root PATH you don't have it... that's why
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