Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:31 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interactive Port Message-ID: <4C7D5F5F.7060206@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100831193935.GA1427@bsd.remdog.net> References: <20100831193421.GA2695@bsd.remdog.net> <20100831193935.GA1427@bsd.remdog.net>
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On 8/31/10 3:39 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: > On 2010.08.31 12:34:21 -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: >> In attempting to install /usr/ports/print/dvips I got the error message >> that dvips is an interactive port, and I can't remember how to handle >> that. Could I please get a heads up there. Thank you. >> > > OK...I commented out the 'batch' entry in make.conf. Now I get this > error message: > > ===> dvips-5.76 conflicts with installed package(s): > teTeX-base-3.0_20 > teTeX-texmf-3.0_6 > > The whole problem is that I am trying to get muttprint to work, and my > understanding is that it is dependent on teTeX for its operation. But > when I tried to print I got an error message telling me that the print > operation needs to see dvips. So I'm not exactly sure what is going on > here. Looking at the Makefile for the port, all teTeX ports conflict with dvips. Deinstalling teTeX-* from your system will allow this port to build/install; I'm not familiar enough with muttprint enough to be of much more help with it though. Cheers, -- Glen Barber
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