Re: [ePiX-users] Error when building epix 1.2.8

[Gunnar]

Hello!

I got this after giving the command
latex manual.tex



LaTeX Warning: Float too large for page by 33.35823pt on input line 1185.

[29] [30]
Chapter 3.
[31] [32] [33] (./scaling.eepic) [34] (./color_density.eepic) [35] [36]
(./camera.eepic) [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43]
Overfull \hbox (4.34122pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 1919--1924
\OT1/cmr/m/n/12 verse func-tions in one vari-able, \OT1/cmtt/m/n/12 
symmetry.xp
 \OT1/cmr/m/n/12 de-picts the per-mu-ta-tion group $\OML/cmm/m/it/12 S[]$
[44] (./pathstyle.eepic) [45] (./basepoint.eepic) [46] (./alignment_lr.eepic)
(./alignment.eepic) [47] (./dots.eepic) [48] (./marker.eepic)
Overfull \hbox (5.2002pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 2226--2226
[]  \OT1/cmtt/m/n/12 rgb(P);            cmyk(P);  // for function-controlled 
co
lors[] 
[49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] (./koch.eepic) [55] (./arrow.eepic)
(./arrow25.eepic

! LaTeX Error: Environment tikzpicture undefined.



so I guess something is missing in my LaTeX installation in Ubuntu.


On Wednesday 03 August 2011 15.38.50 you wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2011, Gunnar wrote:
> > I just tried to build epix 1.2.8 with the commands
> > 
> > ./configure --prefix=/tmp/svamp
> > make
> > 
> > and I got
> > 
> > 
> > make[1]: Leaving directory "/tmp/epix-1.2.8/samples"
> > Making all in doc
> > make[1]: Entering directory "/tmp/epix-1.2.8/doc"
> > latex -interaction=batchmode manual 2>&1 >/dev/null
> > make[1]: *** [manual-stamp] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory "/tmp/epix-1.2.8/doc"
> > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> 
> Hi Gunnar,
> 
> My apology: I didn't get a chance to reply right away, and then your email
> got buried in my inbox.
> 
> What happens if you try to build the manual "by hand", that is, by going
> to /tmp/epix-1.2.8/doc and running latex on manual.tex?
> 
> Strictly speaking, you'll need to run these commands:
> 
> latex manual.tex
> latex manual.tex
> makeindex manual.idx
> makeindex -o manual.fnd -t manual.flg manual.fdx
> ../laps-local --pdf manual.tex
> touch manual-stamp
> 
> If any of them fails, that's why "make" was throwing an error. If all of
> them work, you should then be able to run "make install" successfully. :)
> 
> Best,
> Andy
> 
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