1) prerequisites: disk space, compiler, make utility, lexical scanner,
parser generator
2) getting the files
3) install the inputs-tree
4) unpack the sources
5) run configure
6) run make
7) final configuration steps
A) appendix: notes on some platforms
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1) prerequisites: disk space, compiler, make utility, lexical scanner,
parser generator
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The disk space you need (approx.):
7 MB for the tar file containing the sources
16 MB for the tar file containing the complete fonts/macros subtree (texmf)
25 MB for the unpacked source tree
55 MB for the unpacked texmf tree
80-110 MB for object files, binaries, ... during compilation
15-30 MB for binaries, format files, bitmap fonts, ...
You'll also need an ANSI C compiler, a make utility, a lexical scanner and a
parser generator. I have used the GNU utilities (gcc, GNU make, flex, bison)
for my tests.
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2) getting the files
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What you need:
sources/teTeX-src-0.9.tar.gz # the sources
sources/teTeX-texmf-0.9.tar.gz # the lib-tree with the fonts, macros, ...
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3) choose installation prefix and directory layout
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Decide where the "root" of the installation will be, e.g. /usr/local
or /usr/local/teTeX. That directory will be named TETEXDIR in the
following.
The standard directory layout is:
$TETEXDIR/man % UNIX manual pages
$TETEXDIR/share/texmf % main tree with fonts, macros, ...
% for tex, metafont + friends
$TETEXDIR/info % GNU style info manuals
$TETEXDIR/bin/$PLATFORM % binaries
You can omit the "share/" part for the texmf directory if you want.
$TETEXDIR/share/texmf and $TETEXDIR/texmf are auto-detected by configure.
If you choose something different, you have to specify that directory
with the --datadir option of configure.
If you want to leave out the $PLATFORM directory level (i.e. put the
binaries directly into $TETEXDIR/bin), specify the --disable-multiplatform
option for configure.
For now, you have to create the texmf directory and unpack the tar archive
there. Example:
# mkdir -p /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf
# gzip -dc teTeX-texmf-0.9.tar.gz | (umask 0; cd /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf; tar xvf -)
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4) unpack the sources
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Unpack the sources, e.g.:
# cd /usr/local/src
# gzip -dc teTeX-src-0.9.tar.gz | tar xvf -
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5) run configure
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Have a look at the output of ./configure --help and the files INSTALL in
various subdirectories for instructions. See texk/kpathsea/INSTALL for
more help about running configure. Example:
# cd teTeX-0.9
# ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/teTeX
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6) run make
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Make sure, the shell variable "noclobber" is not set, then type "make
world" and relax :-) I also suggest to log all the output, e.g. by running
# sh -c 'make world >world.log 2>&1' &
Before you think that everything is ok, please check the log file for
errors (GNU make always uses the string "Error:" whenever a command returns
an error code) and check if all binaries are build:
# cd /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i586-pc-linux-gnu
# ls | wc # should be 109
"make world" is equivalent to
make all install strip
If you need special previleges for 'make install' and 'make ini', you can
run two make in two separate runs:
make all
su
make install strip
Please note that calling make with an absolute path breaks the configure
scripts.
The following example _does_not_work_:
/usr/local/bin/make world
...
checking whether /usr/local/bin/make sets $MAKE... ./configure:
${ac_cv_prog_make_/usr/bin/make_set+set}: bad substitution
...
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7) final configuration steps
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Overview:
- set up PATH
- check environment
- configure teTeX using texconfig
Set up PATH:
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Set up your PATH to include the directory containing the just installed
binaries (e.g. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/sparc-sunos4.1.3); similarly, MANPATH
and INFOPATH to include the relevant newly installed subdirectories,
i.e. $TETEXDIR/man resp. $TETEXDIR/info.
Check environment
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Note, that the run-time search paths for all programs that use
the Kpathsea library can be configured by changing the paths in
TETEXDIR/texmf.cnf and changes to these paths does not require to
recompile any of the programs. Therefore, you hardly need to set extra
environment variables. If you define some environment variables, they
overrule the search paths in texmf.cnf unless they have an empty path
component (i.e. a colon at the beginning or end or a doubled colon in
the middle).
A simple way to check them is to run
texconfig confall
once you have set up your PATH. Be careful if some variables are non-empty
and have a look at the locations of the binaries. Not all binaries are
checked, only some.
Configure teTeX using texconfig
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Texconfig allows you to set the defaults for hyphenation, paper size,
print command, metafont mode, etc. You should run theis command
interactively and see what options it offers.
For example, if you are not using A4 format paper, you should make
"lettersize" the default using:
texconfig dvips paper letter
texconfig xdvi paper us
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A) appendix: notes on some platforms
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teTeX-0.9 was successfully build on the following platforms:
- linux 2.0.27 with libc-5.4.33 on intel
- solaris 2.4 and 2.5.1 on sparc
- AIX 4.1.3 on rs6000
- IRIX 4.0.5, 5.3, 6.3 on Mips
- OSF ?? on alpha
- HP-UX 10.10 on HPPA
