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[Davide Anchisi <address@hidden>]

Hi,

I have beeen away for some time, and hope this massage will (still) help.

Thanks for the suggestion, using gcc-4.2 g++-4.2 cpp-4.2 I could  
compile texmacs_1.0.7-2.

I used the "apt-get -b source" procedure, to get and compile from  
debian archives.

Now texmacs_1.0.7-2 is in debian "testing" (and also "unstable").
The first time some of you tried was only in "unstable".

When a new realise of a software is out it does not automatically  
enters debian.
When it does it is put in "unstable". Only after 15 days, if no  
problem arises with the package, it is moved to "testing".
To check it you can use the search package page on debian web site  
(http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages), and select "any"  
distribution and then enter the package name you are searching for.  
That will list which packages match the search string, their version,  
and in which distribution are.

So, if it is not yet in debian and you cannot wait, you have to use  
the ".configure; make; make install" method".
If the package is only in "debian unstable" you have to add in  
/etc/apt/sources.list a line like the following:

 deb-src http://DEBIAN_MIRROR/debian/ unstable main contrib

 and then run: sudo apt-get update

Otherwise you have to wait for the package to enter "debian testing",  
which can mean a little bit more confidence of stability within the  
distribution.

  Best,

   Davide


Quoting Paul Zarucki <address@hidden>:

> Hi all,
>
> I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.10 (i386 32-bit version) and tried
> to compile Texmacs 1.0.7. As reported by Andrea Gamba, it fails with
> the following error:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> g++ -ISystem -ISystem/Boot -ISystem/Classes -ISystem/Files
> -ISystem/Link -ISystem/Misc -ISystem/Language -IKernel/Abstractions
> -IKernel/Containers -IKernel/Types -IData/Convert -IData/Drd
> -IData/Observers -IData/String -IData/Tmfs -IData/Tree -IGuile
> -IGraphics/Bitmap_fonts -IGraphics/Fonts -IGraphics/Gui
> -IGraphics/Mathematics -IGraphics/Renderer -IPlugins -ITypeset
> -ITypeset/Bridge -ITypeset/Concat -ITypeset/Page -IEdit -IPlugins
> -ITexmacs -IEdit/Editor -IEdit/Interface -IEdit/Modify
> -I/usr/include/freetype2 -pthread -Wall -Wno-return-type -O3
> -fexpensive-optimizations -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions -c
> ./Edit/Editor/edit_typeset.cpp -o Objects/edit_typeset.o
> Kernel/Containers/hashmap_extra.cpp: In constructor ‘hashmap<T,
> U>::hashmap(U, tree) [with T = string, U = tree]’:
> ./Edit/Editor/edit_typeset.cpp:358:   instantiated from here
> Kernel/Containers/hashmap_extra.cpp:126: error: no matching function
> for call to ‘copy(tree&)’
> Kernel/Abstractions/basic.hpp:99: note: candidates are: int copy(int)
> Kernel/Types/string.hpp:50: note:                 string copy(string)
> make[2]: *** [Objects/edit_typeset.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/paul/Desktop/texmacs-1.0.7/src'
> make[1]: *** [TEXMACS] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/paul/Desktop/texmacs-1.0.7'
> make: *** [debian/stamp-makefile-build] Error 2
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> I get the same error whether I compile the source code in the generic
> way (as in my script) or if I try to make a Debian package using the
> procedure adapted from Davide Anchisi as follows:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> # Add Debian Testing to your list of repositories then:
> sudo apt-get update
>
> # Install some packages we need:
> sudo apt-get install fakeroot dpkg-dev
>
> # Install Texmacs dependencies:
> sudo apt-get install groff texlive-base texlive-extra-utils
> texlive-font-utils texlive-math-extra
>
> # Get the source code and compile it to make a new package:
> apt-get source texmacs
> sudo apt-get build-dep texmacs
> apt-get -b source texmacs
>
> # Install the new Texmacs package:
> sudo dpkg -i *deb
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
> Could the problem be a missing dependency or do I need the CVS version
> of Texmacs? The version I am using compiles perfectly on Ubuntu 8.04
> and Debian 4.0.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul.
>
>
> Andrea Gamba wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have been reading the posts about texmacs 1.0.7 in Ubuntu. I have tried to
> > install 1.0.7 on a cleanly installed Intrepid i386 box, but with lot of
> > problems.
> >
> > I have tried with three different methods:
> >
> > 1) downloading debs from Debian experimental. The debs get installed but the
> > program crashes.
> >
> > 2) the script kindly provided by Paul Zarucki. I get a compilation   
> > error in the
> > end.
> >
> > 3) transforming the rpm available on the texmacs site with alien. It works
> > (it's the way I am happily using texmacs 1.0.7) but texmacs mime type is not
> > recognized (no corresponding icons on the desktop, no opening the program by
> > clicking on the icons). Also, I had to fix by hands the interfaces   
> > to several
> > mathematical packages. These are minor problems but annoying ones.   
> > I know how
> > to solve them by hands (I posted about it), I think therefore that it should
> > not be difficult to solve them at the level of the deb file (but I   
> > am not able
> > to do it myself.)
> >
> > I hoped that there would be a deb package of 1.0.7 for Ubuntu 9.04,  
> >  which will
> > be out in the end of April, but it seems that they are still at 1.0.6. I
> > noticed that 1.0.7 fixed a lot of bugs, so it's a pity it will not   
> > available in
> > the next Ubuntu realease. If there would be a deb available, I   
> > would be happy
> > to test it to check the working of interfaces to several   
> > mathematical packages.
> >
> >
> > So my question is: will there be a deb package for Ubuntu 9.04 before its
> > release? or is it possible that there would be one available in   
> > backports? or
> > at least one for Ubuntu 9.10?
> >
> > Ubuntu is one of the more popular distributions around, in an ideal  
> >  world a deb
> > to the last texmacs version should be available and working out of the box
> > together with good gnome integration (recognizing mime types) and   
> > integration
> > with mathematical packages (sessions working out of the box, no sh-bash
> > problems etc.)
> >
> > During the years I have been using texmacs more and more and I am   
> > more or less
> > able to fix problems. However new users may be scared away by a   
> > buggy interface
> > or difficulties in the installation. This hampers the wider adoption of an
> > outstanding program while a small effort would allow to solve these
> > comparatively minor problems.
> >
> > Andrea
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