ciamac@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Ciamac Moallemi) (08/27/90)
I have the task on installing TeX on a group of Sun SparcStation
IPC's. I have used TeX in the past and am fairly familiar with it,
yet I have never installed it. I do not want to use the unix TeX
distribution, as it is outdated (2.95 versus the curent 3.0). How do
I go about this? From what I understand, I have to retrieve a file
web2c to convert the TeX .web sources to c. Is there any easy way of
doing this entire process? I am looking for pointers to info files,
etc. telling me what files I need, how to build the fonts, how to
install everything in its proper directory, etc. A makefile would be
very useful. Also, I have heard of a program ImakeTex. What does
this do and where can I get it?
Thank you for any help. These are probably very stupid questions, but
they are not answered in FAQ and I have also been monitoring this and
other groups to no avail.
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...!{cmcl2,philabs,phri}!ccnysci!ciamacwilcox@mars.cis.ohio-state.edu (Patricia P Wilcox) (08/27/90)
In article <1990Aug26.185257.22313@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> ciamac@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Ciamac Moallemi) writes: >I do not want to use the unix TeX distribution, as it is outdated >(2.95 versus the curent 3.0) ... I am looking for pointers to info files, >etc. telling me what files I need, how to build the fonts, how to >install everything in its proper directory, etc. Get the latest Unix TeX distribution tape from the University of Washington. The tape contains the up-to-date TeX 3.0/Metafont 2.0 release, unlike the ftp sites mentioned in "frequently asked questions" in this newsgroup. It also includes comprehensive installation instructions (complete with flowchart!) Having everything complete and up to date in one place is well worth the modest cost of the tape. (Last I checked it was $140 or $160 depending on the kind of tape, plus shipping.) For details, e-mail Pierre MacKay (MacKay@CS.WASHINGTON.EDU) or write to: TeX Support Northwest Computing Support Center,DR-10 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 U.S.A or phone: (206)543-6259 --Pat Wilcox (wilcox@cis.ohio-state.edu)
dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (08/28/90)
In article <1990Aug26.185257.22313@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>, ciamac@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Ciamac Moallemi) writes... >I do not want to use the unix TeX >distribution, as it is outdated (2.95 versus the curent 3.0). Reason number 6,432 for ordering the TeX tape from University of Washington. It **IS** up to date. The tape you get will have TeX 3.0, MF 2.0 and the most recent copies of all utilities and auxiliary files. For more information about the Unix TeX distribution, contact Elizabeth Tachikawa, elizabet@max.acs.washington.edu (not only can she tell you how to get the tape, once you have it, she'll be more than happy to help you get it running). -dh --- Don Hosek TeX, LaTeX, and Metafont support, consulting dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu installation and production work. dhosek@ymir.bitnet Free Estimates. uunet!jarthur!ymir Phone: 714-625-0147 finger dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu for more info
ramsdell@mitre.org (John D. Ramsdell) (08/28/90)
For those of you living in the modern world of networks: You can get the TeX sources in labrea.stanford.edu:pub/tex Do not get what is in labrea.stanford.edu:pub/tex/UnixTeX. If you want software which automates the installation on Sun's, IBM AIX, NeXT, and VAX Ultrics, first get labrea.stanford.edu:pub/imaketex101.tar.Z. John
kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson) (08/29/90)
In article <8208@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu writes: >In article <blah>, ciamac@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Ciamac Moallemi) writes... >>I do not want to use the unix TeX >>distribution, as it is outdated (2.95 versus the curent 3.0). > >Reason number 6,432 for ordering the TeX tape from University of >Washington. > >It **IS** up to date. The tape you get will have TeX 3.0, MF 2.0 >and the most recent copies of all utilities and auxiliary files. > >For more information about the Unix TeX distribution, contact >Elizabeth Tachikawa, elizabet@max.acs.washington.edu (not only >can she tell you how to get the tape, once you have it, she'll be >more than happy to help you get it running). \begin{miniflame} Look, I *really* appreciate what the folks at washington (and FSF, and elsewhere) are doing, and would love to do my best to support them. But this is not the first time a message like this has appeared -- suggesting it's just plain trivial to get a check (no matter how small) cut to order a tape. For those of us in huge organizations (read: Your Government, Inc.), the amount of effort involved in generating the $150 (?) check would cost us far more than the actual cost. I know this isn't anyone's fault per se, but just realize that some folks have very good reason to use ftp to acquire their software. \end{miniflame} So please, if someone could post a nice, clean summary of making unix tex 3.0 with what *is* available from labrea and elsewhere, that would be much more appreciated. Sorry to offend anyone at washington, I'm sure the $150 goes to good use. We return now to our regularly-scheduled programming. Kevin Thompson -- kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
dag@persoft.com (Daniel A. Glasser) (09/01/90)
In article <7243@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov> kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson) writes: >In article <8208@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> dhosek@sif.claremont.edu writes: >>In article <blah>, ciamac@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Ciamac Moallemi) writes... >>>I do not want to use the unix TeX >>>distribution, as it is outdated (2.95 versus the curent 3.0). >>Reason number 6,432 for ordering the TeX tape from University of >>Washington. >\begin{miniflame} > I know this isn't anyone's fault per se, but just >realize that some folks have very good reason to use ftp to acquire their >software. >\end{miniflame} >So please, if someone could post a nice, clean summary of making unix tex 3.0 >with what *is* available from labrea and elsewhere, that would be much more >appreciated. Sorry to offend anyone at washington, I'm sure the $150 goes >to good use. There is another reason that some of us cannot just order the tape. We don't have either the tape drives or storage capacity for the distribution! On many of the small 386 based machines (like persoft.com), there is a total of between 100 and 150 MB of disk space and no tape drive. Since persoft.com has no direct Internet connection, my only choice is to connect to a guest account on a machine which does have Internet access, pull across one file at a time, and kermit it at 2400 baud to a 386 AT clone, at home, pack the files onto DOS disks, carry the disks into work, copy the files to the Unix machine, and hope that I got the right ones. I've not actually started this process yet. I've been trying to determine what files I actually need. I've got lots of pk fonts (for TeX 2.x) stored for my Atari ST (also at home) so I'm hoping that I don't have to fetch EVERYTHING across the net/phone-connection. If the University of Washington offered a distribution on 5.25" 1.2Mb SysV style floppies which was geared to the SysV/386 crowd, they would get an order from me today. -- Daniel A. Glasser | Persoft, Inc. | dag@persoft.com "Their brains were small, and they died."
fmbutt@mrbt.sw.stratus.com (Farooq Butt) (09/03/90)
In article <7243@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov> kthompso@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Kevin Thompson) writes: >\begin{miniflame} ....deleted >just plain trivial to get a check (no matter how small) cut to order a tape. >For those of us in huge organizations (read: Your Government, Inc.), the >amount of effort involved in generating the $150 (?) check would cost us far ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \begin{subflame}{sanity} Kevin, quit yor job now while you still have some sanity left!!! :-) I knew Dan Quayle was in charge but 150 measly dollars. No wonder the damn space-station is still on the ground in Toledo... \end{subflame} -- Hi-Tech Disclaimer: NOTHING in the above article has any relationship to reality. If any reality correspondences are found, please notify me IMMEDIATELY. Any threats or abuse of any kind is purely unintentional. My employer is not liable.