Date: Thu, 9 May 1996 09:22:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Owens <owensc@enc.edu> To: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> Cc: freeq <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: word processor Message-ID: <Pine.FBS.3.93.960509091542.980C-100000@dingo.enc.edu> In-Reply-To: <199605090059.UAA04595@jbrann.dialup.access.net>
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On Wed, 8 May 1996, John Brann wrote:
> Charles Owens wrote...
> > > >
> > > > To get it going, I installed the latex package, a newer version of
> > > > the Xforms library, and the 'babel' latex extension (ftp'd from CTAN).
> > > >
>
> Aha!
>
> I also jumped through the hoops of putting the pieces of LyX together, but
> the babel business stymied me. Since I am a complete newbie with TeX, I
> had no idea what to do next - so I copied one of the other .sty files
> as 'babel.sty' and it works, sort of.
>
> Since reading this e-mail, I have found CTAN, and downloaded something
> called 'babel' - but it's full of '.dtx' files and the installation
> instructions aren't very helpful. Have I got the right thing? What
> do I do with it now?
Step 1 from the supplied install.txt is all you need.
Basicly, it says:
do a tex babel.ins
Then you're told:
* To finish the installation you have to move all the files
* with names ending in .ldf, .sty or .def into a directory
* searched by TeX
/usr/local/lib/texmf/tex is a good cantidate.
The install.txt hints that the rest of the steps aren't needed except for
special circumstances. I'm not a TeX expert, so I took it at its word.
Good luck,
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