         File: unixtex-7.2-BeOS-x86.zip
       Author: Achim Blumensath <blume@corona.oche.de>
      Release: 7.2 BeOS 1 (99/3/18)
Compatibility: R4
     Location: contrib/editors
  Description: TeX/LaTeX, web2c (binaries)
        Notes: This is a preliminary port of unixtex to BeOS/x86.
               sources can be found in `unixtex-7.2-BeOS-src.zip',
               styles and fonts in `unixtex-7.2-BeOS-lib.zip'

Installation

1. Create directories:

 $ mkdir /boot/apps/GeekGadgets
 $ mkdir /var/tex
 $ mkdir /var/tex/fonts

2. Unpack binaries:

 $ cd /boot/apps/GeekGadgets
 $ unzip /any/path/unixtex-7.2-BeOS-x86.zip

3. Unpack styles and fonts:

 $ cd /boot/apps/GeekGadgets/share
 $ unzip /any/path/unixtex-7.2-BeOS-lib.zip

4. Setup:

 o Create the format files (sorry, for the inconvenience):

   $ tex --progname=latex --ini \\input latex.ltx
   $ tex --fmt=tex --ini \\input plain \\dump
   $ mf --base=mf --ini \\input plain input modes dump
   $ mpost --mem=mpost --ini \\input plain dump
   $ cp latex.fmt tex.fmt mf.base mpost.mem /boot/apps/GeekGadgets/share/texmf/web2c/

 o Add the following lines to your UserSetupEnvironment:

   export PATH="$PATH":/boot/apps/GeekGadgets/bin
   export LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBRARY_PATH":/boot/apps/GeekGadgets/lib

 o Edit the config files, if needed:

   /boot/apps/GeekGadgets/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
   /boot/apps/GeekGadgets/share/texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf

 o Build the file database:

   $ mktexlsr

5. Happy TeX'ing...

Achim Blumensath
blume@corona.oche.de
