From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 18:24:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A571065670 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:24:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raghu@mri.ernet.in) Received: from hrimail.hri.res.in (hrimail.hri.res.in [210.212.50.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 621BF8FC20 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:24:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from raghu@mri.ernet.in) Received: from ipc2.mri.ernet.in (unknown [192.168.3.2]) by hrimail.hri.res.in (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C0F097F8C; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:02:09 +0530 (IST) Received: from ipc2 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ipc2 (Postfix) with SMTP id AE8E02314B; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:54:37 +0530 (IST) Received: from riemann.mri.ernet.in (riemann.mri.ernet.in [192.168.3.122]) by ipc2.mri.ernet.in (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85CFD14805; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:54:37 +0530 (IST) Received: from riemann.mri.ernet.in (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by riemann.mri.ernet.in (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m6UIHYgd020665; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:47:34 +0530 (IST) (envelope-from raghu@riemann.mri.ernet.in) Received: (from raghu@localhost) by riemann.mri.ernet.in (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id m6UIHLF5020664; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:47:21 +0530 (IST) (envelope-from raghu) From: "N. Raghavendra" To: "Joey Mingrone" In-Reply-To: (Joey Mingrone's message of "Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0300") References: X-Organization: Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) X-Address: Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad 211 019, India X-URL: http://www.mri.ernet.in/ and http://www.retrotexts.net/ X-Phone: +91 (532) 2667 509, 2667 318, 2667 578, 2567 746, 2567 747 X-Fax: +91 (532) 2667 576, 2567 748, 2567 444, 2568 036 X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0x03618806 X-OpenPGP-Key-Fingerprint: C75D D0AF 457E 7454 BEC2 37AD C6E1 0407 0361 8806 X-OpenPGP-Public-Key-Available-At: http://www.keyserver.net/ Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:47:21 +0530 Message-ID: <868wvj1bke.fsf@riemann.mri.ernet.in> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110004 (No Gnus v0.4) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tex, teTex, LaTeX help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "N. Raghavendra" List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:24:47 -0000 At 2008-07-30T13:00:00-03:00, Joey Mingrone wrote: > My first attempt was to install the latex2e-2003.12_1 port, which > installed the tex-3.14159_3 port as a dependency. This seemed to > work, but there were some things referenced in the documentation that > seemed to be missing. For example, the amsmath package wasn't > available. I thought there must be a port specifically for these > fonts, but it seems they are in the teTex port, but that port > conflicts with the tex port Just deinstall the `tex' and `latex' ports, and install the metaport `print/teTeX', which will pull in all the standard stuff, including AMSLaTeX packages like `amsmath'. Also, install `print/gv' for viewing PostScript files, and `print/acroread8' to view PDF files. After installing these ports, you can view documentation using the command texdoc(1). Here are a few examples for starters: % texdoc lshort will display the `Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2e', a useful primer on LaTeX. % texdoc symbols will show you a list of symbols and their control sequences in LaTeX. % texdoc usrguide will display `LaTeX2e for authors'. % texdoc amsldoc will show you the `User's Guide for the amsmath Package'. % texdoc `texdoc -s 'hyperref.*manual'` will display the manual for the `hyperref' package. Generally, it is worth browsing through `/usr/local/share/texmf-dist/doc'. As for print references, the `LaTeX Companion' by Mittelbach, et al, is very useful, as also is the LaTeX book by Lamport. > Is there a guide for getting all this set up, or can some kind soul > suggest a installation method that works well for them? FWIW, I am a mathematician and have been typesetting mathematics for more than a decade using the teTeX distribution, and have found it sufficient for my needs. I've used TeXLive too, but have not found any need to do so. YMMV. HTH, Raghavendra. -- N. Raghavendra | http://www.retrotexts.net/ Harish-Chandra Research Institute | http://www.mri.ernet.in/ See message headers for contact and OpenPGP information.