From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 19:42:02 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 6F60D16A494 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:42:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3E5F13C459 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:42:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m0TJfxo2068646; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:42:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 912D0B8F8; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:41:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:41:59 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Holger Jorra Message-ID: <20080129194159.GA79021@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: Holger Jorra , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200801290320.05387.holger_jorra@gmx.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="KsGdsel6WgEHnImy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200801290320.05387.holger_jorra@gmx.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 19:42:02 -0000 --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 03:20:05AM +0100, Holger Jorra wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I know that this is not only a FreeBSD issue, but I don't know where else= I=20 > should ask. First, this issue has been brought up here in a different way= 3=20 > years ago, but there seems to be no solution, yet. [1] >=20 > I use Latex for documentation and presentations of my work. My problem is= that=20 > I still haven't found a working DVI-Viewer in FreeBSD without installing = the=20 > 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=20 > teTex (as the thread [1] recommends) but which is not supported anymore [= 2]=20 > and cannot use XDVI, or I install the latex-package and will not be able = to=20 > 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.=20 Roland --=20 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) --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHn4GHEnfvsMMhpyURAiEjAKCepOGEAW8jVRmxovSHWeUQ2A09ygCeI/K0 j1mD1zzez1rIwrEVzqxI/U4= =rrXi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KsGdsel6WgEHnImy--