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[Tejas Kale <kaletejas2006@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, John. I shall get started with writing now.

Tejas

On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Tejas !
>
> Manual should be built even without xindy.
> Xindy is the tool that generates the index.
>
> try to install it
>
>> sudo apt-get install xindy
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>
> and run the make command again.
>
> --John
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>
>
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> 2012/8/26 Tejas Kale <kaletejas2006@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hi Patrick
>>
>> Thanks for the help. The default locations were indeed provided in
>> square brackets but I didn't realize that they were the ones I was
>> looking for. Anyways, I installed TexLive successfully as well as the
>> required packages. But when I compiled the file using 'make', I get
>> the following error:-
>>
>> *** Unable to execute: 'xindy  -L english -L english -C utf8 -I xindy
>> -M "ubuntu-manual" -t "ubuntu-manual.glg" -o "ubuntu-manual.gls"
>> "ubuntu-manual.glo"' ***
>>
>> Status report:
>>
>> *** - EVAL: variable /TMP/X46TWY0W65 has no value
>>
>> Google search didn't provide any solution to this problem. I am sorry
>> to constantly bother you with these trivial problems.
>>
>> Thanks and hope I am not spoiling your weekend.
>>
>> Tejas
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Patrick Dickey <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Tejas,
>> >
>> > When you hit "L", it should prompt you for each directory (and have the
>> > default in the brackets). If it doesn't have the defaults there, then
>> > here are what you'll select (based on my setup right now)
>> >
>> >
>> >> <L> create symlinks in standard directories:  [X]
>> >>             binaries to: /usr/local/bin
>> >>             manpages to: /usr/local/man
>> >>                 info to: /usr/local/info
>> >>
>> >
>> > I should note that before I hit "L", the directories were empty. They
>> > were populated when I hit "L" and selected the default values for each.
>> > Essentially, I'm doing exactly what you are. I removed my current
>> > installation, and am running it from the install-tl file that I
>> > downloaded from the Authors page.
>> >
>> > Hope this helps, and have a great weekend.:)
>> > Patrick.
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 00:09 +0530, Tejas Kale wrote:
>> >> Thanks for the help, Patrick. You guessed it right, I didn't pay
>> >> attention and forgot to select the symlinks option. I uninstalled
>> >> texlive and restarted the process. After running install-tl, I entered
>> >> O
>> >> and then L. Upon entering O, I am asked for 'New value for Binary
>> >> directory', 'New value for main directory' and 'New value for info
>> >> directory' with no defaults provided. What default directories should I
>> >> enter?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >> Tejas
>> >>
>> >> On Saturday 25 August 2012 11:54 PM, Patrick Dickey wrote:
>> >> > When you ran the installation, did you select the option to create
>> >> > the
>> >> > symlink?
>> >> >
>> >> >  From the GetInvolved Authors page:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >>          You should also enable the creation of the symlinks:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>               1. From the main TeX Live installation menu select
>> >> >>                  Options (O).
>> >> >>               2. From the Options menu, select “create symlinks in
>> >> >>                  standard directories” (L).
>> >> >>               3. The default directories are usually okay.
>> >> >>               4. Press R to return the main menu.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>          Once those are installed, we can install the remainder of
>> >> >> the
>> >> >>          packages with the install-pkgs.sh script. (Note that this
>> >> >>          hasn’t been tested yet and it’s pure guesswork on Kevin’s
>> >> >>          part! Let us know if it does or doesn’t work for you.)
>> >> > If not, then you can do the removal and reinstallation steps again,
>> >> > and
>> >> > it should work.
>> >> >
>> >> > Hope this helps, and have a great weekend.:)
>> >> > Patrick.
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 20:40 +0530, Tejas Kale wrote:
>> >> >> Hello
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I have recently started as a author for the upcoming manual and will
>> >> >> be writing the 'Viewing and Editing Photos' section. Following the
>> >> >> guidelines on the 'Getting Started as an Author or Editor' page
>> >> >> (http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/authors), I installed the 2012
>> >> >> version of TexLive. The installation was complete and a 'texlive'
>> >> >> folder of size 3.2GB has been created at the following location:-
>> >> >>
>> >> >> /usr/local/
>> >> >>
>> >> >> But when I execute the command -
>> >> >>
>> >> >> sudo bash install-packages.sh
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I get an error saying
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "Checking TeX Live version...No version of TeX Live was detected."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> If I try executing the 'make' command, I get the following error:-
>> >> >>
>> >> >> "basename: extra operand `frontmatter'
>> >> >> Try `basename --help' for more information.
>> >> >> bzr version-info --custom --template="\\\revinfo{{revno}}{{date}}" >
>> >> >> revision.tex
>> >> >> xelatex --output-driver="xdvipdfmx -V 5" ubuntu-manual
>> >> >> /bin/bash: xelatex: command not found
>> >> >> make: *** [ubuntu-manual.pdf] Error 127"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any help would be highly appreciated.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks and regards
>> >> >> Tejas
>> >> >>
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