Sigh, I am trying to get a Python plotting program called PyX. It uses LaTeX/TeX and calls for a TT Type 1 font, cmr10, which saddly is not installed on my machine.
I go to "TeX / LaTeX - Font HowTo" http://linux.about.com/od/howtos/l/blfont9.htm Ugh. I really did not want to make a career of this. Is there any easy way to get this font installed? I have the following /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr10.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr12.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr17.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr5.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr6.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr7.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr8.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/afm/cmr9.afm /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr10.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr12.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr17.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr5.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr6.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr7.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr8.pfb /home/boblq/Python/Python/pyx/cmpsfont/pfb/cmr9.pfb and moved them to here /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr10.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr12.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr17.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr5.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr6.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr7.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr8.pfb /usr/share/texmf-tetex/fonts/type1/public/cmr/cmr9.pfb with no luck. Surely there is an easy way to do this without spending half a day learning more than I ever wanted to know about obscure directories and installation procedures. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
