Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ariel.unm.edu!sfreed From: sfreed@ariel.unm.edu (Steven Freed CIRT) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Need help installing TeX under Ultrix 4.1 Keywords: TeX 3.0, Ultrix 4.1 Message-ID: <1991May27.230019.12315@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 27 May 91 23:00:19 GMT Article-I.D.: ariel.1991May27.230019.12315 References: Reply-To: sfreed@ariel.unm.edu Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM Lines: 44 Originator: sfreed@triton.unm.edu In article , smw@alcor.concordia.ca ( Steven Winikoff ) writes: > Naturally I'd like to use the latest version. That's where I'm stuck. Get 5.84b from ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1], in the directory TeX. You will need both files web-5.84b.tar.Z web2c-5.84b.tar.Z You might then need some more fonts from labrea.stanford.edu... But that depends on what you are going to do with it. > > I've tried obtaining source from various anonymous ftp sites, but the > best I can come up with is Web-to-C version 5.84b. I can't compile > this version; there are syntax errors in several files. > > In any case, I'm totally lost. I don't understand the relationship > between the "web2c" distributions and the "TeX 3.0" distributions. > How do the pieces fit together? What do I have to do to obtain a > TeX distribution that I can use under Ultrix 4.1? Is there a guide > to TeX installation that *isn't* written for someone who is already > a knowledgeable TeX user? > > Help!! > > *Please* email or post, I don't care which. I really need help on > this one. > > Thanks in advance, > > - Steven > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Steven Winikoff smw@alcor.concordia.ca > Software Analyst > Dept. of Computing Services > Concordia University voice: (514) 848-7619 > Montreal, Quebec, Canada (10:00-18:00 EST) -- Steve. sfreed@ariel.unm.edu