ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) (04/15/91)
Archive-name: tex/packages/tex386ix/1991-04-14 Archive: math.berkeley.edu:/pub/tex386ix.tar.Z [128.32.183.94] Original-posting-by: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) Original-subject: Re: TeX for SCO UNIX Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) >I am currently running SCO Opendesktop and would like to avoid having >to pull down the source code and compiling if someone else has already >done so. I organized a 386 binary distribution of tex which can be ftp'ed from math.berkeley.edu. The TeX & metafont binaries did run with no problems on everything tried so far (ESIX, ISC SCO). There is also an xdvi binary in the same directory which I am using under ISC 2.2 and also runs under Esix. I'd be interested in knowing if it runs under SCO's ODT. Here is an excerpt of the README file in the distribution. DESCRIPTION TeX386ix is a Unix/386 binary distribution of TeX, METAFONT and related utilities. These executables are expected to run unchanged under all variants of System V 3.2/386. The distribution also includes the input files necessary for building working versions of plain TeX, LaTeX and METAFONT. Binaries were generated from the most recent release of Web2c, compiled with gcc under ISC SysV/386 2.2. Input files are from the most recent releases available from labrea.stanford.edu. Version designations for each indivi- dual package, used in this distribution can be found in the file Version in the TeX386ix distribution. The installation procedure will generate TeX formats, METAFONT bases, and, optionally, a basic set of rasterized fonts in pk format. At least on a temporary basis, TeX386ix can be retrieved via ftp from the following site: math.berkeley.edu (128.32.183.94) file pub/tex386ix.tar.Z Any problems relating TeX386ix should be reported to Geraldo Veiga (ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu) INSTALLATION After uncompressing and dearchiving the distribution file, installing TeX386ix should follow the steps below. a) Edit the distribution Makefile, and change, where appropriate, the installation directories. If possible TeX related pathnames should be left unchanged as they are built into the executables. b) Install the core distribution, generate TeX formats and METAFONT bases by typing make install Depending on the selected ownership of TeX directories, it might be necessary to execute the installation com- mand in super user mode: su root -c 'make install' This installation procedure will create, through links to virtex or virmf, the flowing executables (unless their creation is disabled in the Makefile): tex - TeX with plain.tex preloaded latex - TeX with LaTeX's lplain.tex preloaded slitex - TeX with LaTeX's splain.tex preloaded mf - METAFONT with plain.mf and localmodes preloaded c) Create and install a basic set of rasterized fonts in pk format: make ins_pk [MODE=<mode_def>] [MAG=<magnification>] where, <mode_def> (default MODE=localfont, usually Can- nonCX at 300 pixels/inch) should be one of the modes specified in the collection defined in the Makefile by the environment variable localmodes. <magnification> (default MAG=1000), in units of 1000, determine the magnification of the fonts in relation to one specified in <mode_def>. Be sure to use /bin/make in the com- mand above, gnu make will not work. This command will generate fonts at various magnification steps. Examine the Makefile and, if necessary, edit the list of fonts for each magnification step. -- comp.archives file verification math.berkeley.edu -rw-r--r-- 1 65534 0 2155277 Feb 21 20:51 /pub/tex386ix.tar.Z found tex386ix ok math.berkeley.edu:/pub/tex386ix.tar.Z