Subject: LaTeX (Was: ) (fwd)
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Markus Baeurle <emw4maba@gp.fht-esslingen.de>
List: port-arm32
Date: 01/25/1997 23:58:18
Patrick asked me to forward this to the list because he accidentally sent it to
me.
In message <E0vlXuE-0002iW-00@taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk> Patrick Welche wrote:

> > > I have done a port myself, which was not too difficult once I managed to
> > > get all the bits.  Sometime I will try and make up a distribution set to 
> > > put on ftp.ph.kcl.ac.uk if no one else beats me to it.
> > 
> > That would be good to have.
> > Making a set is not that difficult, there's something about it in the docs
> > directory on the ftp site.
> 
> For those of you who can't wait -
> ftp ftp.tex.ac.uk
> cd /ctan/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/distrib/sources
> bin
> get teTeX-src-0.4pl3.tar.gz
> get teTeX-lib-0.4pl3.tar.gz
> 
> unpack source in eg. /usr/src
> unpack lib in /usr/lib
> cd /usr/src/teTeX...
> uncomment the -D<something like error list elsewhere> under BSD4.4 systems
> gmake world
> Go to work.
> When you come home it will all be working merrily!
> add /usr/local/teTeX/bin/arm32-netbsd1.2B or whatever to PATH
> add /usr/local/teTeX/man to /etc/man.conf
> run texconfig et voila
> 
> Happy TeXing
> 
> Patrick

My own little comment: You'll probably need a lot of space on your harddisk for
the source. Thus it's still desirable that somebody provides a set.

MfG MB