Magnus Larsson wrote: > Dear BLFS Support List > > No latex command? texlive-20130530 > > I tried a local install inspired by: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/texlive.html > > I did not use the Texlive installer. Instead I downloaded the source tarball > ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/2013/texlive-20130530-source.tar.xz[1] > > ./configure --prefix=/home/magnus/opt/texlive \ > --disable-native-texlive-build \ > --enable-build-in-source-tree \ > --without-luatex \ > --enable-mktextex-default \ > --with-banner-add=" - BLFS" > > make -j8 > make install > > I get a working tex in /home/magnus/opt/texlive/bin: > magnus@lfs ~> tex > This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2013 - BLFS) > > Question(s): > Why did I not get a latex command in /home/magnus/opt/texlive/bin? > > Is the interactive texlive installer the only option? (and the source tarball > is only a > subset). The blfs build instruction starts with the texlive installer and the > source install > comes later. Is the texlive installer a mandatory step? > > Do I have to install Latex (scripts) separately? How? > > Am I missing a prerequisite package? ./configure did not complain. > I have the following optional dependencies: ghostscript, Poppler, FreeType, > Fontconfig, libpng, X Window System, ICU, Lua installed. > I do not have GD, t1lib, ZZIPlib, CLISP, TECkit, and Graphite. > > Am I missing configuration date, ie TEXMFMAIN, TEXMFHOME, etc? > Probably since I get: > magnus@lfs ~/test/tex> tex test.tex > This is TeX, Version 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2013 - BLFS) > kpathsea: Running mktexfmt tex.fmt > /home/magnus/opt/texlive/bin/mktexfmt: line 395: > /home/magnus/opt/texmf- dist/texconfig/tcfmgr: No such file or > directory > fmtutil: config file `fmtutil.cnf' not found. > I can't find the format file `tex.fmt'! > > tcfmgr script was installed in: > /home/magnus/opt/texlive/share/texmf-dist/texconfig.
For me latex is a symbolic link to pdftex. My log has: /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c tangle ctangle bibtex dvicopy dvitype gftodvi gftopk gftype mft patgen pktogf pktype pltotf pooltype tftopl vftovp vptovf weave ctie cweave tie tex mf mf-nowin mpost ptex pbibtex pdvitype ppltotf ptftopl eptex uptex upbibtex updvitype uppltotf uptftopl euptex pdftex ttf2afm pdftosrc luatex xetex odvicopy odvitype otangle wovp2ovf aleph synctex '/usr/src/texlive/texlive/texlive-20130530-source/livetex-tmp/usr/bin' libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/pdftex /usr/src/texlive/texlive/texlive-20130530-source/livetex-tmp/usr/bin/pdftex Do you have that? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
