Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 6.3

Chapter 44. Typesetting

teTeX-3.0

Introduction to teTeX

teTeX is an implementation of Donald Knuth's TeX typesetting program. This package is able to create documents in a variety of formats. The optional texmfsrc (TeX METAFONT) tarball contains source code for programs to create and manipulate TeX fonts.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

Required Macros and Fonts

Optional 'texmf' Sources:

Optional 'cm-super' Sources:

teTeX Dependencies

Required

Ed-0.8

Optional

libpng-1.2.29, X Window System, Tk-Perl-804.027, t1lib, and GD

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/tetex

Installation of teTeX

Before building teTeX, the macros and fonts package (texmf tarball) must be installed. Install the macros and fonts using the following commands as the root user: 

install -v -d -m755 /usr/share/texmf &&
gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-3.0.tar.gz \
    | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar -xvf -)

If the optional texmfsrc source code TAR ball was downloaded, unpack it now as the root user: 

gzip -dc ../tetex-texmfsrc-3.0.tar.gz \
    | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar -xvf -)

Install teTeX by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --exec-prefix=/usr \
            --bindir=/usr/bin \
            --without-texinfo \
            --with-x=no \
            --with-system-ncurses \
            --with-system-zlib &&
make all

To test the results, issue: make check. The tests should complete without errors (there may be some errors which are ignored).

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
texconfig-sys dvips paper letter &&
texconfig-sys font rw
[Note]

Note

The paper size may be changed to a4, as is used in most countries.

To install the optional cm-super fonts, perform the following instructions as the root user: 

tar -xf ../tetex-cm-super.tar.bz2 &&
FONTDIR=$(kpsewhich --expand-var '$TEXMFMAIN') &&
mkdir -v -p $FONTDIR/fonts/afm/public/cm-super   \
            $FONTDIR/fonts/type1/public/cm-super \
            $FONTDIR/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super    \
            $FONTDIR/fonts/map/dvips/cm-super   &&

cp -v cm-super/pfb/*.pfb $FONTDIR/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/ &&

gunzip cm-super/afm/* &&
cp -v cm-super/afm/*.afm $FONTDIR/fonts/afm/public/cm-super/ &&

cp -v cm-super/dvips/*.enc $FONTDIR/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super/ &&
cp -v cm-super/dvips/*.map $FONTDIR/fonts/map/dvips/cm-super/ &&

cat >> $FONTDIR/web2c/updmap.cfg << "EOF" &&
MixedMap cm-super-t1.map
MixedMap cm-super-t2a.map
MixedMap cm-super-t2b.map
MixedMap cm-super-t2c.map
MixedMap cm-super-ts1.map
MixedMap cm-super-x2.map
EOF

install -v -m644 -D cm-super/type1ec.sty \
       $FONTDIR/tex/latex/cm-super/type1ec.sty &&

mktexlsr &&
updmap-sys &&

unset FONTDIR

Command Explanations

--with-x=no: This switch will avoid any X dependencies. teTeX can be compiled with X support, notably for xdvi. If this is desired, remove this parameter.

--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin: These switches ensure that teTeX binaries are installed in /usr/bin.

--without-texinfo: A default LFS installation already has the Texinfo package installed. This switch will avoid overwriting it with the included Texinfo package.

--with-system-ncurses: This switch specifies using the already installed libncurses library.

--with-system-zlib: A default LFS installation already has the Zlib library installed. This switch will avoid replacing it with the included Zlib library.

--disable-a4: Use this option to set the default paper size to letter and the default unit to inch.

texconfig-sys dvips paper letter: This command sets the default paper size for teTeX.

texconfig-sys font rw: This command specifies creating and using a directory for globally writeable fonts.

mktexlsr: This command recreates the teTeX ls-R databases after installing the CM-Super fonts.

updmap-sys: This command updates the system-wide font configuration to include the CM-Super fonts.

[Tip]

Tip

Run ./configure --help for information about using other switches which will enable the build to use other installed packages you may have on your system.

Contents

Installed Programs: 100 separate binaries and scripts along with 30 symlinks to these programs.
Installed Library: libkpathsea.a
Installed Directories: /usr/include/kpathsea, /var/tmp/texfonts and the following subdirectories of /usr/share/: texi2html, texinfo/html, texmf, texmf-config and texmf-var

Short Descriptions

teTeX programs

included in the teTeX package are too numerous to individually list. Please refer to the individual program man pages and file:///usr/share/texmf/doc/index.html for details, as well as a tour of the expansive teTeX documentation.

libkpathsea.a

contains functions used by teTeX for searching and cataloging path names.

Last updated on 2007-07-27 08:42:58 -0500