Hello Tejas ! Manual should be built even without xindy. Xindy is the tool that generates the index.
try to install it sudo apt-get install xindy > and run the make command again. --John 2012/8/26 Tejas Kale <[email protected]> > Hi Patrick > > Thanks for the help. The default locations were indeed provided in > square brackets but I didn't realize that they were the ones I was > looking for. Anyways, I installed TexLive successfully as well as the > required packages. But when I compiled the file using 'make', I get > the following error:- > > *** Unable to execute: 'xindy -L english -L english -C utf8 -I xindy > -M "ubuntu-manual" -t "ubuntu-manual.glg" -o "ubuntu-manual.gls" > "ubuntu-manual.glo"' *** > > Status report: > > *** - EVAL: variable /TMP/X46TWY0W65 has no value > > Google search didn't provide any solution to this problem. I am sorry > to constantly bother you with these trivial problems. > > Thanks and hope I am not spoiling your weekend. > > Tejas > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Patrick Dickey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Tejas, > > > > When you hit "L", it should prompt you for each directory (and have the > > default in the brackets). If it doesn't have the defaults there, then > > here are what you'll select (based on my setup right now) > > > > > >> <L> create symlinks in standard directories: [X] > >> binaries to: /usr/local/bin > >> manpages to: /usr/local/man > >> info to: /usr/local/info > >> > > > > I should note that before I hit "L", the directories were empty. They > > were populated when I hit "L" and selected the default values for each. > > Essentially, I'm doing exactly what you are. I removed my current > > installation, and am running it from the install-tl file that I > > downloaded from the Authors page. > > > > Hope this helps, and have a great weekend.:) > > Patrick. > > > > On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 00:09 +0530, Tejas Kale wrote: > >> Thanks for the help, Patrick. You guessed it right, I didn't pay > >> attention and forgot to select the symlinks option. I uninstalled > >> texlive and restarted the process. After running install-tl, I entered O > >> and then L. Upon entering O, I am asked for 'New value for Binary > >> directory', 'New value for main directory' and 'New value for info > >> directory' with no defaults provided. What default directories should I > >> enter? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> Tejas > >> > >> On Saturday 25 August 2012 11:54 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote: > >> > When you ran the installation, did you select the option to create the > >> > symlink? > >> > > >> > From the GetInvolved Authors page: > >> > > >> > > >> >> You should also enable the creation of the symlinks: > >> >> > >> >> 1. From the main TeX Live installation menu select > >> >> Options (O). > >> >> 2. From the Options menu, select “create symlinks in > >> >> standard directories” (L). > >> >> 3. The default directories are usually okay. > >> >> 4. Press R to return the main menu. > >> >> > >> >> Once those are installed, we can install the remainder of > the > >> >> packages with the install-pkgs.sh script. (Note that this > >> >> hasn’t been tested yet and it’s pure guesswork on Kevin’s > >> >> part! Let us know if it does or doesn’t work for you.) > >> > If not, then you can do the removal and reinstallation steps again, > and > >> > it should work. > >> > > >> > Hope this helps, and have a great weekend.:) > >> > Patrick. > >> > > >> > On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 20:40 +0530, Tejas Kale wrote: > >> >> Hello > >> >> > >> >> I have recently started as a author for the upcoming manual and will > >> >> be writing the 'Viewing and Editing Photos' section. Following the > >> >> guidelines on the 'Getting Started as an Author or Editor' page > >> >> (http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/authors), I installed the 2012 > >> >> version of TexLive. The installation was complete and a 'texlive' > >> >> folder of size 3.2GB has been created at the following location:- > >> >> > >> >> /usr/local/ > >> >> > >> >> But when I execute the command - > >> >> > >> >> sudo bash install-packages.sh > >> >> > >> >> I get an error saying > >> >> > >> >> "Checking TeX Live version...No version of TeX Live was detected." > >> >> > >> >> If I try executing the 'make' command, I get the following error:- > >> >> > >> >> "basename: extra operand `frontmatter' > >> >> Try `basename --help' for more information. > >> >> bzr version-info --custom --template="\\\revinfo{{revno}}{{date}}" > > >> >> revision.tex > >> >> xelatex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -V 5" ubuntu-manual > >> >> /bin/bash: xelatex: command not found > >> >> make: *** [ubuntu-manual.pdf] Error 127" > >> >> > >> >> Any help would be highly appreciated. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks and regards > >> >> Tejas > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > >> >> Post to : [email protected] > >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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