Re: Insall issues - missing tetex/latex

[Stroller <..hidden..>]

On 27 Aug 2008, at 18:48, ..hidden.. wrote:
> ...
> I am trying to install ledgersmb-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm onto my  
> Opensuse 11.0 system. As with prior version I am unable to get past  
> error message "tetex-latex is required".
>
> I originally had long list of dependencies but solved all but this  
> one.
>
> I have installed texlive , texlive-bin and texlive-latex but to no  
> avail.

Hi there,

I don't use RPM-based distros myself - I assume there may be  
differences between the implementations of them used by Fedora / Red- 
hat / Centos / whatever & OpenSuse. Perhaps only in the naming of the  
packages depended upon.

You say in your other message "Yast2 will not allow me to ignire this  
dependency" - is it possible to install using the command-line and  
pass `rpm` (or whatever) the --no-deps (or whatever) flag?

I suspect that having installed texlive / texlive-latex you have  
indeed fulfilled the real dependencies of LedgerSMB. Assuming none  
are already filed you might wish to report a bug against the RPM,  
citing its compatibility against Suse, although I have no idea how  
that'll be received. Basically, if you can print postscript / PDF  
reports & invoices (or email them to yourself) then your install of  
LaTeX is good.

IMO your best way forward will be to install "from source" using  
ledgersmb-1.2.15.tar.gz [1] - this is the most-supported & best- 
documented method and really is not hard. It should install in a /usr/ 
local/, separate from everything installed by Suse & Yast.

Stroller.



[1] http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ledger-smb/ 
ledgersmb-1.2.15.tar.gz  I think.