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breqn not found #14

Closed jgoddard9 closed 4 years ago

jgoddard9 commented 8 years ago

The LaTeX package breqn is needed for a cadabra installation. I have downloaded and unzipped the breqn folder, compiled the .dtx file with LaTeX, moved the folder to ~/Library/texmf, and run texhash in Terminal on Mac OS 10.11.5. When I try to run ./configure on cadabra, I am getting the error message:

'configure: error: Need the breqn LaTeX package; get it from ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/ .'

I note that /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/breqn exists and contains all the style files.

I have reinstalled MacTex in case that might have been the problem, but that did not help. Any idea what the problem might be? I am not sure whether it is a breqn or cadabra issue.

Thanks, Joe Goddard

wspr commented 8 years ago

Hi Joe,

You write:

I note that /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/breqn exists and contains all the style files. I have reinstalled MacTex in case that might have been the problem, but that did not help. Any idea what the problem might be? I am not sure whether it is a breqn or cadabra issue.

Unfortunately I don’t have resources to debug specific installations, but it looks like you’ve got multiple versions of TeX installed. The path /opt/local/… is where MacPorts (I think) installs TeX, and I suspect this is messing things up. I’d recommend deleting the MacPorts distribution and sticking with MacTeX in all cases.

Hope this helps.

jgoddard9 commented 8 years ago

Hi Will, I recently uninstalled MacPorts but reinstalled because there were some broken port files. This did not solve the problem. Do you know whether removing MacPorts completely will remove all the TeX iit installed? Pardon my ignorance and thanks for the prompt reply. Joe

On 6/6/16 03:20, Will Robertson wrote:

Hi Joe,

You write:

I note that /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/breqn exists and contains all the style files. I have reinstalled MacTex in case that might have been the problem, but that did not help. Any idea what the problem might be? I am not sure whether it is a breqn or cadabra issue.

Unfortunately I don’t have resources to debug specific installations, but it looks like you’ve got multiple versions of TeX installed. The path /opt/local/… is where MacPorts (I think) installs TeX, and I suspect this is messing things up. I’d recommend deleting the MacPorts distribution and sticking with MacTeX in all cases.

Hope this helps.

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jgoddard9 commented 8 years ago

Good day, Will, I uninstalled MacPorts and tried installing cadabra from the install package with ./configure, etc., but I encountered a host of dependencies that required further packages with dependencies, ad infinitum. Hence, I reinstalled MacPorts and tried installing cadabra with port. However, port installed a bunch of texlive packages that probably conflict with my MacTex installation, and the install of cadabra failed. I have pretty much given up. Joe

On 6/6/16 05:21, Joe Goddard wrote:

Hi Will, I recently uninstalled MacPorts but reinstalled because there were some broken port files. This did not solve the problem. Do you know whether removing MacPorts completely will remove all the TeX iit installed? Pardon my ignorance and thanks for the prompt reply. Joe

On 6/6/16 03:20, Will Robertson wrote:

Hi Joe,

You write:

I note that /opt/local/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/breqn exists and contains all the style files. I have reinstalled MacTex in case that might have been the problem, but that did not help. Any idea what the problem might be? I am not sure whether it is a breqn or cadabra issue.

Unfortunately I don’t have resources to debug specific installations, but it looks like you’ve got multiple versions of TeX installed. The path /opt/local/… is where MacPorts (I think) installs TeX, and I suspect this is messing things up. I’d recommend deleting the MacPorts distribution and sticking with MacTeX in all cases.

Hope this helps.

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