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Article #9653Re: Concerning "What happened to byron.u.w
From: Lawrence R. Dodd
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 12:04
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 12:04
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>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Sanders <cwmrob@rivm.nl> writes: Robert> dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd) writes: > I still think it's the world's most difficult piece of software to install > correctly. Robert> Really? Robert> When I decided to install (La)TeX on our Sun's I was (mentally) prepared for Robert> the worst, but it turned out to be fairly is to install. Robert> Actually the ftp-transfer took more time than the installing of the Robert> package itself. Robert> The only thing that confused me was that there were 2 files with Robert> instructions, that didn't totally agree with each other (Although I think Robert> both of them were correct). Robert> What took a lot more time was the installing of all the extra packages Robert> and fonts that can be found on other ftp sites. I guess I don't consider TeX installed until I can go from file, to display, to paper. That is, web2c is fairly easy but isn't the end. I think a roadmap description should be put in the FAQ about describing what is needed and where to get it. Larry
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!ames!agate!agate.berkeley.edu!dodd From: dodd@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu (Lawrence R. Dodd) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Concerning "What happened to byron.u.w Date: 11 Dec 92 12:04:40 Organization: Dept of Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic Univ, NY, USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <DODD.92Dec11120440@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu> References: <DODD.92Dec10164211@mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu> <Bz3IrC.n0t@rivm.nl> Reply-To: dodd@roebling.poly.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: mycenae.cchem.berkeley.edu In-reply-to: cwmrob@rivm.nl's message of 11 Dec 92 12:59:36 GMT