Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:41:59 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Holger Jorra <holger_jorra@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XDVI, LaTeX, teTeX dependencies Message-ID: <20080129194159.GA79021@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200801290320.05387.holger_jorra@gmx.net> References: <200801290320.05387.holger_jorra@gmx.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:20:05AM +0100, Holger Jorra wrote: > Hi, > > I know that this is not only a FreeBSD issue, but I don't know where else I > should ask. First, this issue has been brought up here in a different way 3 > years ago, but there seems to be no solution, yet. [1] > > 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 files. (La)TeX can also generate PDF directly with pdf(la)tex. See /usr/ports/print/teTeX-base/pkg-plist. > So either I use > teTex (as the thread [1] recommends) but which is not supported anymore [2] > and cannot use XDVI, or I install the latex-package and will not be able to > use other Latex-tools like dvips and cannot print or share it. It it not in ports (yet) but I think currently the best solution is to install the TeXLive distribution that you can download from CTAN. It is the most comprehensive TeX distribution out there. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHn4GHEnfvsMMhpyURAiEjAKCepOGEAW8jVRmxovSHWeUQ2A09ygCeI/K0 j1mD1zzez1rIwrEVzqxI/U4= =rrXi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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