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authorMartin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de>2005-03-03 23:07:21 (GMT)
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Patch #1107221: Updated "Working on Cygwin" section.
Will backport to 2.4.
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\subsection{Working on Cygwin \label{cygwin}}
Installing the required tools under Cygwin under Cygwin can be a
- little tedious, if only because many packages are more difficult
- to install under Cygwin.
+ little tedious. Most of the required packages can be installed
+ using Cygwin's graphical installer, while netpbm and \LaTeX2HTML
+ must be installed from source.
+
+ Start with a reasonably modern version of Cygwin. If you haven't
+ upgraded for a few years, now would be a good time.
Using the Cygwin installer, make sure your Cygwin installation
includes Perl, Python, and the \TeX{} packages. Perl and Python
- are located under \menuselection{Interpreters} in the installer.
- The \TeX{} packages are located in the \menuselection{Text}
- section; installing the \code{tetex-beta}, \code{texmf},
- \code{texmf-base}, and \code{texmf-extra} ensures that all the
- required packages are available. (There may be a more minimal
- set, but I've not spent time trying to minimize the installation.)
+ are located under the \menuselection{Interpreters} heading. The
+ \TeX{} packages are located under the \menuselection{Text}
+ heading, and are named \code{tetex-*}. To ensure that all
+ required packages are available, install every \code{tetex}
+ package, except \code{tetex-x11}. (There may be a more minimal
+ set, but I've not spent time trying to minimize the installation.)
The netpbm package is used by \LaTeX2HTML, and \emph{must} be
installed before \LaTeX2HTML can be successfully installed, even
- though they will never be used for most Python documentation.
- References to download locations are located in the \ulink{netpbm
- README}{http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/README}. Install according
- to the instructions.
+ though its features will not be used for most Python
+ documentation. References to download locations are located in
+ the \ulink{netpbm README}{http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/README}.
+ Install from the latest stable source distribution according to
+ the instructions. (Note that binary packages of netpbm are
+ sometimes available, but these may not work correctly with
+ \LaTeX2HTML.)
\LaTeX2HTML can be installed from the source archive, but only
- after munging one of the files in the distribution. Edit the file
- \file{L2hos.pm} in the top level of the unpacked distribution;
- near the bottom of the file, change the text
- \code{\$\textasciicircum{}O} with the text \code{'unix'}. Proceed
- using this command to build and install the software:
+ after munging one of the files in the distribution. Download the
+ source archive from the \LaTeX2HTML website
+ \url{http://www.latex2html.org/} (or one of the many alternate
+ sites) and unpack it to a build directory. In the top level of
+ this build directory there will be a file named \file{L2hos.pm}.
+ Open \file{L2hos.pm} in an editor, and near the bottom of the file
+ replace the text \code{\$\textasciicircum{}O} with the text
+ \code{'unix'}. Proceed using this command to build and install
+ the software:
\begin{verbatim}
% ./configure && make install