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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 18:03:42 +0300 (IDT)
From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To: Tommy Hallgren <md6tommy@mdstud.chalmers.se>
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Subject: Re: LaTeX
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On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Tommy Hallgren wrote:

> Hi there!
> 
> I'm trying to get LaTeX and friends working. I've used it before when I
> used Linux and wants to use it in FreeBSD2.2 aswell. I have the following
> packages installed:
> 
> teTeX-0.4
> tex-3.14159
> latex2e-96.12
> ghostscript-4.03
> pkfonts118-1.0
> 
> and when I do "latex file.tex" it responds:
> 
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (C version 6.1)
> (Fatal format file error; I'm stymied)
> 
> What is wrong? Do I really need both teTeX and those other packages? Looks
> a bit big to me.

No. You need *either*. teTeX includes tex,latex dvips and friends, or you 
can use tex and latex2e by themselves.

> 
> Mvh: Tommy
> 
> 
> 
Nadav