Thanks, John. I shall get started with writing now. Tejas
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, c7p <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
