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TeXmacs Installation problem


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  • From: tolugboji <address@hidden>
  • To: Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden>
  • Cc: address@hidden
  • Subject: TeXmacs Installation problem
  • Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2021 21:11:47 +0000
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

On Thursday, October 7th, 2021 at 8:48 PM, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden>
wrote:

> On 07.10.21 22:37, tolugboji wrote:
>
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> >
> > On Thursday, October 7th, 2021 at 8:13 PM, Giovanni Piredda
> > address@hidden wrote:
> >
> > > TeXmacs needs guile 1.8, but the TeXmacs you download from
> > >
> > > www.texmacs.org come with guile 1.8 already bundled into the package so
> > >
> > > you do not need a separate guile installation.
> > >
> > > This said I have never been able to compile TeXmacs from the sources but
> > >
> > > installation of the static binary worked for me while the packages did
> > >
> > > not as there are currently no packages for the current version of
> > >
> > > Ubuntu, which I am using.
> > >
> > > How did you install it?
> > >
> > > G.
> > >
> > > Have never been impressed with texmacs, pain in the ass. Wanted to give
> > > it another go, but with same disappointment.
> >
> > I did as instructed.
> >
> > setenv TEXMACS_PATH [installation directory]
> >
> > setenv PATH $TEXMACS_PATH/bin:$PATH
> >
> > I extracted in /home/tolu/Opstk/bin/texmacs/texmacs-2.1/TeXmacs/bin
> >
> > then used in my .bashrc
> >
> > export TEXMACS_PATH=${HOME}/Opstk/bin/texmacs/texmacs-2.1a/TeXmacs/bin
> > export PATH=$PATH:$TEXMACS_PATH
> >
>
> I have a faint knowledge of how environment variables are set in Linux
>
> (terminal vs. other ways of starting programs).
>
> Perhaps setting an environment variable via .bashrc works only for
>
> terminal sessions; in this case you should still be able to start
>
> TeXmacs from a terminal.

It was how I was doing (from terminal) but returned

But getting

Error message:
guile could not be found

> In my Ubuntu I had to create a texmacs.sh file in with the export
>
> commands in /etc/profile.d/ (in .bashrc it would not work for TeXmacs
>
> started through the graphical interface, I figured out where to put the
>
> commands with an Internet search).

Do you have some commands I can try from the terminal to launch it?

> I agree that installing TeXmacs on Linux can be painful. If you are
>
> using a Linux for which there is a TeXmacs package, you may try that
>
> (they are improved with respect to their first versions, when they tried
>
> to install guile 1.8 in place of guile 2 ;-) )
>
> G.

A few of us tried to get this into their head, to no avail.

> > > On 07.10.21 22:01, tolugboji wrote:
> > >
> > > > Am trying to run texmacs but encountering this problem
> > > >
> > > > Have installed texlive-full
> > > >
> > > > And also guile-2.2, guile-2.2libs, and guile-2.2-dev
> > > >
> > > > tolu@hag:~$ TeXmacs] std-warning, Could not find TeXmacs icon file:
> > > >
> > > > /home/tolu/Opstk/bin/texmacs/texmacs-2.1/bin/misc/images/texmacs-512.png
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs]
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs] Installation problem: please send a bug report.
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs] The initialization file init-texmacs.scm could not be found.
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs] Please check the values of the environment variables
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs] TEXMACS_PATH and GUILE_LOAD_PATH. init-texmacs.scm should
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs] be readable and in the directory $TEXMACS_PATH/progs
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs] or in the directory $GUILE_LOAD_PATH
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs]
> > > >
> > > > Throwing guile could not be found
> > > > ---------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > Error message:
> > > >
> > > > guile could not be found
> > > >
> > > > System information:
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs version  : 2.1
> > > >
> > > > Built by         : magix
> > > >
> > > > Building date    : Tue Jun 22 13:47:24 CEST 2021
> > > >
> > > > Operating system : linux-gnu
> > > >
> > > > Vendor           : pc
> > > >
> > > > Processor        : @CONFIG_HOST_CPU@
> > > >
> > > > Crash date       : Fri  8 Oct 07:56:29 +12 2021
> > > >
> > > > TeXmacs server not yet started
> > > >
> > > > Backtrace of C++ stack:
> > > >
> > > > texmacs.bin() [0x102f3d5]
> > > >
> > > > texmacs.bin() [0x59fbf8]
> > > >
> > > > texmacs.bin() [0xc0c9f4]
> > > >
> > > > texmacs.bin() [0x4151b4]
> > > >
> > > > /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 : __libc_start_main() + 0xe7
> > > >
> > > > texmacs.bin() [0x40ecb9]
> > > >
> > > > terminate called after throwing an instance of 'string'

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