From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 10:15:10 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 3281616A417 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:15:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4EA413C4EA for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:15:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from seis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.93]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JJnUf-0003io-R8; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:15:07 +0000 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.184.33]) by seis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JJnUf-0004CP-2S; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:15:05 +0000 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0TADcKc015633; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:13:38 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m0TADcbC015632; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:13:38 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:13:38 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080129101338.GA15551@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Holger Jorra References: <200801290320.05387.holger_jorra@gmx.net> <479E9A09.4090101@math.arizona.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <479E9A09.4090101@math.arizona.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Score: -1.3 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: Holger Jorra Subject: Re: XDVI, LaTeX, teTeX dependencies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:15:10 -0000 On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 08:14:17PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Holger Jorra wrote: > > > >I use Latex for documentation and presentations of my work. My problem is > >that I still haven't found a working DVI-Viewer in FreeBSD without > >installing the whole KDE-dependencies (KDVI). Latex compiles into dvi > > > >So my questions are: Is there a way to bent the dependency of XDVI on > >teTex in general (maybe this is a developers issue, not porters - don't > >know) or is there another small Viewer I may use instead? The other way > >would be much more difficult, I think. Has anyone here a workaround for > >this? Is there a solution in the very near future? > > > > > > > I think you made one of two mistakes. > It is possible that you use teTeX meta port in which case you already > have xdvi, which came as a dependency. > > Second possibility (most likely) is that you are trying to compile wrong > version of xdvi. There is one for teTeX and there is > one for the older ports Latex and TeX. > > You need http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/print/xdvik/pkg-descr That's right. I use teTeX, and as part of the installation I've xdvi. I also get pdflatex (pdfetex), so in some cases I generate pdf directly which I then view with xpdf. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423