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- LaTeX installation instructions for PasTeX
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- 28 February 1995
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- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- This file contains instructions on how to install LaTeX for
- PasTeX on the Amiga. Before reading this file, you should read
- install.txt, which will explain how the LaTeX installation works.
-
- This file describes:
-
- * How to save any old version of LaTeX.
-
- * How to configure LaTeX.
- (You can skip this part if you`re new to this.)
-
- * How to unpack the LaTeX distribution.
-
- * How to create the LaTeX format.
-
- * How to install the LaTeX files.
-
- * What to do if you have any problems.
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-
-
- PRELIMINARIES
- =============
-
- Most of the installation procedure is concerned with creating a so
- called format file. This file contains essentially all the macros
- that make up the LaTeX package in a format that can be read in very
- quickly by virtex.
-
- This guide assumes that you have an unmodified installation of PasTeX
- release 1.3 or higher. If you have made any changes you should be able
- to figure out yourself where to deviate from this introduction.
-
- If you are using PasTeX 1.3 you should install the binaries from
- TeX:Bigbin to TeX:bin now. The normal binaries cannot be used with
- LaTeX2e. Alternatively you might want to install the files from
- the beta version of release 1.4. It is available on aminet as
- text/tex/pt14b6.lha.
-
- First of all move all of the files that accompanied this document to
- a directory that should be outside the TeX: hierarchy. DO NOT copy
- them directly to TeX:macros! Most of the installation will take place
- in this directory. If the installation was successful you can delete
- this directory afterwards.
-
-
- SAVING ANY OLD VERSION OF LaTeX
- ===============================
-
- If you are currently using the old LaTeX version, 2.09, you may wish
- to save it before installing the new version of LaTeX.
-
- The format file is located in the directory TeX:formats and is named
- something like lplain.fmt or latex.fmt. If the name is latex.fmt you
- should rename it to latex209.fmt. This installation procedure will
- create a new file called latex.fmt that would overwrite the old one.
-
- Now you should save your old style files. Make a subdirectory latex209
- in the directory TeX:macros and copy all files #?.sty from TeX:macros
- into this directory.
-
- If you want use LaTeX 2.09 again for some reason, set the environment
- variable TEXINPUTS with something like
-
- setenv TEXINPUTS .,TeX:macros/latex209,TeX:macros
-
- Make sure that TeX:macros/latex209 comes before TeX:macros so that
- the old style files are used. (The "." refers to the current directory.
- If you omit it, files in the current directory will not be found!)
- Then call LaTeX with "virtex &latex209" (or "virtex &lplain", if that
- was the name of the old format file).
-
-
- CONFIGURING LATEX
- =================
-
- If you have PasTeX release 1.3, you may wish to edit the file
- texsys.cfg to have LaTeX work around some quirks in the version
- of virtex that comes with it. First find out the actual version
- of virtex with the command "version TeX:bin/virtex".
- Then edit the file texsys.cfg and insert a line right at the top
- containing
-
- \def\@TeXversion{3.14}
-
- and, of course, insert your actual version number if it differs.
- This change is however purely cosmetical and only affects the
- format of warning messages.
-
-
- If at some point TeX runs out of memory it will stop with an error message.
- You can try and make more memory available to TeX by editing the file
- TeX:config/tex.cnf. Try to figure out which parameter might have caused
- TeX to run out of memory. If the error message said e.g
- "Font <foobar> not loaded: Not enough room left", you should look at
- the parameter fontmax and/or fontmemsize. A good place to start is
- always the pair memmax and memtop. Read the comment in the file for more
- information.
-
- >From TeX version 3.0 you have the possibility to have more than one
- set of hyphenation atterns available in a format file. See the file
- texpert.txt for more details of how this can be achieved.
-
-
- UNPACKING THE DISTRIBUTION
- ==========================
-
- Cd to the directory that contains the distribution files. Check if
- there is a file called "latex.ltx". If there is you probably have
- got a distribution that already has been unpacked and can skip this
- part. If there is a problem with a missing file at some point during
- the installation, try unpacking it again anyway.
-
- If latex.ltx does not exist, the command "initex unpack.ins" will
- unpack the distribution. If you have an 68000 based Amiga, now is
- the time to go and make some coffee.
-
-
- CREATING THE LaTeX FORMAT
- =========================
-
- When the unpacking procedure is complete type "initex latex.ltx".
- This will create the format file. When this is finished, copy it to
- TeX:formats. Make sure you do not overwrite an old latex.fmt,
- especially if there have been any problems.
-
-
- PUTTING THE FILES WHERE LaTeX CAN READ THEM
- ===========================================
-
- Now you need to install the new style files and everything else LaTeX
- needs. Copy the following files to TeX:macros:
-
- latexbug.tex testpage.tex docstrip.tex lablst.tex
- idx.tex nfssfont.tex small2e.tex sample2e.tex
- #?.cls #?.clo #?.sty #?.fd #?.def #?.cfg
-
- If you have MakeIndex installed, copy #?.ist to the MakeIndex inputs
- directory.
-
-
- CHECKING THAT THE INSTALLATION WORKED
- =====================================
-
- Now you can check if the installation worked. First cd to another
- directory that does not contain any of the distribution files.
- Copy the file ltxcheck.tex here and type "virtex &latex ltxcheck"
- to the shell prompt. TeX will report that it cannot find a syntax
- for the current directory, but that is OK. (If you figure out a way
- to refer to the current directory, like UNIX ./, please tell us.)
-
- It will then check if it can find the file article.cls in the current
- directory and issue an error because it will find the file in
- TeX:macros. This is actually a good sign. Simply press return to the
- question mark.
-
- It will then check for the version of TeX currently installed. If
- you have PasTeX release 1.3, which contained virtex version 3.14,
- there will probably be some ^^Js cluttering up the output.
-
- You can edit texsys.cfg (in the distribution directory) and rebuild
- the format file as suggested by the warning text (see the section on
- configuring LaTeX). Or you can simply ignore this and tolerate the
- strange warning messages until you can get PasTeX release 1.4, which
- is currently in the late beta testing stage and should be publicly
- released soon. If you feel up to it, get the beta release now.
- It is available as pt14b6.lha in the directory text/tex on aminet.
-
-
- PROBLEMS
- ========
-
- If there is any problem during installation, read the section on
- configuring LaTeX in this document. Some of the problems that may
- occur are covered there. Carefully reread the rest of the document,
- then read the document install.txt, especially the `PROBLEMS' section.
-
- If none of these can solve your problem, try to get some human help.
-
- --- Copyright 1994 Christian Bauernfeind and the LaTeX3 project ---
- --- All rights reserved. ---
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