On 11/18/06, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm sorry - I missed the beginning of the thread and the original > question, but I had exactly the same problem. > > Can please someone explain me why on earth one needs > libkpathsea.a and tex-file.h > in order to be able to install packages that depend on tetex (mostly > in the sense that they need LaTeX in order to compile their > documentation)? At least I'm sure for gnuplot that it doesn't need > libkpathsea in order to build properly, but lack of this file this was > the main reason why I'm still unable to install gnuplot & wine under > fink (compiling gnuplot manually outside of fink runs without any > problems). > > Or does anyone else have a better idea about what exactly these two > files are needed for? > > I was already googling a bit and it seems that I'm not the only one > with that problem > > > Here's the error report once more: > > ---------------------------------------------------- > *** ERROR *** > > You don't a valid teTeX installation; you are missing the file(s) > /usr/local/teTeX/lib/libkpathsea.a > /usr/local/teTeX/include/kpathsea/tex-file.h > > If you are using Gerben Wierda's distribution, you might be able > to solve this problem by using the expert mode in i-Installer, > and installing 'TeX Programs (developer extras)'. > > Otherwise, install the tetex-texmf and tetex-base packages > instead, or install teTeX manually from > http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html > and then retry installing the system-tetex package. > ---------------------------------------------------- > > I tripple-ckecked and didn't find anything in Gerben's repository that > would resemble developer's tools (but again - I might have missed > something). I really don't want fink to replace my tetex installation > since I need the latest tools from TeX (and fink can't provide me > those). > > After manually installing a new version of metapost, I seem to have > libkpathsea.la, but I have no idea what the relation between lib*.la > and lib*.a is. > > > So the two questions again: > - where *exactly* can those two files be found in Gerben's i-Installer? > - is there really no chance to remove dependency on those two files? > > Thanks a lot, > Mojca >
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