@ifclear version @defcodeindex cm @defcodeindex fl @defcodeindex op @end ifclear @node Installation @chapter Installation @cindex installation @cindex configuration @cindex compilation @ifset version (A copy of this chapter is in the distribution file @file{kpathsea/INSTALL}.) @end ifset The procedure for Kpathsea (and Web2c, etc.) configuration and installation follows. If you encounter trouble, see @ref{Common problems}, a copy of which is in the file @file{kpathsea/BUGS}. @menu * Simple installation:: If you just want to do it. * Custom installation:: If you want to change things around. * Security:: Who can write what files, etc. * TeX directory structure:: Managing the horde of TeX input files. * unixtex.ftp:: Getting software via FTP, on CD-ROM, or on tape. * Reporting bugs:: Where and how to report bugs. @end menu @node Simple installation @section Simple installation @cindex simple installation @cindex installation, simple @cindex precompiled executables, instead of installation @cindex installation, getting executables instead of Installing @TeX{} and friends for the first time can be a daunting experience. Thus, you may prefer to skip this whole thing and just get precompiled executables: see @ref{unixtex.ftp}. This section explains what to do if you wish to take the defaults for everything, and generally to install in the simplest possible way. Most steps here refer to corresponding subsection in the next section which explains how to override defaults and generally gives more details. By default everything will be installed under @file{/usr/local} and the following discussion assumes this. However, if you already have @TeX{} installed, its location is used to derive the directory under which everything is to be installed. @enumerate @item Be sure you have enough disk space: approximately 8 megabytes for the compressed archives, 15MB for sources, 45MB for compilation, 40MB for the (initial) installed system (including library files). @xref{Disk space}. @item Retrieve these two distribution archives: @table @url @item ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texk.tar.gz These are the sources, which you will be compiling. @item ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texklib.tar.gz This is a basic set of input files. You should unpack it in the directory @file{/usr/local/share}; doing so will create a @file{texmf} subdirectory there. @end table @noindent @xref{Kpathsea application distributions}. @item When using the default search paths, there is no need to edit any distribution files. @xref{Changing search paths}. @item At the top level of the distribution, run @samp{sh configure}. (If you have the GNU Bash shell installed, run @samp{bash configure}.) @xref{Running configure}. @item @samp{make}. @xref{Running make}. If you are using a BSD 4.4 system such as FreeBSD or NetBSD, use GNU make (often installed in @file{/usr/local/bin}), not the BSD make. If you are using a HP-UX 10 system and the native compiler, specify the @samp{+u} flag in @code{XCFLAGS}. @item @samp{make install}. @xref{Installing files}. @item @samp{make distclean}. @xref{Cleaning up}. @item Set up a cron job to rebuild the filename database that makes searching faster. This line will rebuild it every midnight: @example 0 0 * * * cd /usr/local/share/texmf && @var{/bindir}/mktexlsr @end example @xref{Filename database generation}, and @ref{Filename database}. @item @cindex printer configuration files @cindex PostScript fonts, additional @cindex color printers, configuring If you're installing Dvips, you also need to set up configuration files for your printers and make any additional PostScript fonts available. @xref{Installation,,, dvips, Dvips}. If you have any color printers, see @ref{Color device configuration,,, dvips, Dvips}. @item The first time you run a DVI driver, a bunch of PK fonts will be built by Metafont via @code{mktexpk} (and added to the filename database). This will take some time. Don't be alarmed; they will created only this first time (unless something is wrong with your path definitions). By default, @code{mktexpk} will create these fonts in a hierarchy under @file{/var/tmp/texfonts}; it simply assumes that @file{/var/tmp} exists and is globally writable. If you need a different arrangement, see @ref{mktex configuration}. @xref{mktex scripts}. @item @cindex fonts, being created @pindex mktexpk @r{, initial runs} @cindex tests, simple For some simple tests, try @samp{tex story \\bye} and @samp{latex sample2e}. Then run @file{xdvi story} or @file{dvips sample2e} on the resulting DVI files to preview/print the documents. @xref{Installation testing}. @end enumerate @node Custom installation @section Custom installation @cindex custom installation @cindex installation, customized Most sites need to modify the default installation procedure in some way, perhaps merely changing the prefix from @samp{/usr/local}, perhaps adding extra compiler or loader options to work around @code{configure} bugs. This section explains how to override default choices. For additional distribution-specific information: @itemize @bullet @item @file{dviljk/INSTALL}. @item @xref{Installation,,,dvips,Dvips}. @item @xref{Installation,,,web2c,Web2c}. @item @file{xdvik/INSTALL}. @end itemize @cindex non-Unix operating systems @cindex Amiga support @cindex DOS support @cindex OS/2 support @cindex VMS support These instructions are for Unix systems. Other operating-system specific distributions have their own instructions. The code base itself supports Amiga, DOS, OS/2, and VMS. Following are the same steps as in the previous section (which describes the simplest installation), but with much more detail. @menu * Disk space:: * Kpathsea application distributions:: * Changing search paths:: * Running configure:: * Running make:: * Installing files:: * Cleaning up:: * Filename database generation:: * mktex scripts:: * Installation testing:: @end menu @node Disk space @subsection Disk space @cindex disk space, needed @cindex total disk space @cindex size of distribution archives Here is a table showing the disk space needed for each distribution (described in the next section). The `(totals)' line reflects the @samp{texk} source distribution and @samp{texklib}; the individual distributions don't enter into it. Sizes are in megabytes. All numbers are approximate. @multitable {distribution} {.tar.gz} {unpacked} {compiled} {installed} @item Distribution @tab .tar.gz @tab Unpacked @tab Compiled @tab Installed @item dviljk @tab .9 @tab 3.8 @tab @item dvipsk @tab .9 @tab 3.2 @tab @item xdvik @tab .7 @tab 2.5 @tab @item web2c @tab 1.3 @tab 5.0 @tab @item web @tab 1.9 @tab 6.5 @tab - @tab - @item texk @tab 3.8 @tab 14.1 @tab 43.1 @tab 23.5 @item texklib @tab 3.8 @tab 15.0 @tab - @tab 15.0 @item (totals) @tab 7.6 @tab 29.1 @tab 43.1 @tab 38.5 @end multitable @node Kpathsea application distributions @subsection Kpathsea application distributions @cindex distributions, compiling simultaneously @cindex version number, of Kpathsea @cindex Kpathsea version number @cindex distributions, not compiling @cindex NeXT, lacking X11 @cindex X11, lacking on NeXT The archive @url{ftp://ftp.tug.org/tex/texk.tar.gz} contains all of the Kpathsea applications I maintain, and the library itself. For example, since NeXT does not generally support X11, you'd probably want to skip @samp{xdvik} (or simply remove it after unpacking @file{texk.tar.gz}. If you are not interested in all of them, you can also retrieve them separately: @cindex DVI drivers @table @file @item dviljk.tar.gz @cindex PCL driver @cindex LaserJet drive DVI to PCL, for LaserJet printers. @item dvipsk.tar.gz @cindex PDF generation @cindex PostScript driver DVI to PostScript, for previewers, printers, or PDF generation. @item web2c.tar.gz The software needed to compile @TeX{} and friends. @item web.tar.gz The original WEB source files, also used in compilation. @item xdvik.tar.gz @cindex X11 previewer DVI previewing under the X window system. @end table @cindex Babel @cindex non-English typesetting If you want to use the Babel La@TeX{} package for support of non-English typesetting, you may need to retrieve additional files. See the file @file{install.txt} in the Babel distribution. @node Changing search paths @subsection Changing search paths @cindex search paths, changing default @cindex paths, changing default @flindex texmf.in@r{, editing} If the search paths for your installation differ from the standard @TeX{} directory structure (@pxref{Top,, Introduction, tds, A Directory Structure for @TeX{} files}), edit the file @file{kpathsea/texmf.in} as desired, before running @code{configure}. For example, if you have all your fonts or macros in one big directory. You may also wish to edit the file @file{mktex.cnf}, either before or after installation, to control various aspects of @code{mktexpk} and friends. @xref{mktex configuration}. You do not need to edit @file{texmf.in} to change the default top-level or other installation @emph{directories} (only the paths). You can and should do that when you run @code{configure} (next step). You also do not need to edit @file{texmf.in} if you are willing to rely on @file{texmf.cnf} at runtime to define the paths, and let the compile-time default paths be incorrect. Usually there is no harm in doing this. The section below explains default generation in more detail. @menu * Default path features:: * Default path generation:: @end menu @node Default path features @subsubsection Default path features @cindex default path features @cindex features, of default paths The purpose of having all the different files described in the section above is to avoid having the same information in more than one place. If you change the installation directories or top-level prefix at @code{configure}-time, those changes will propagate through the whole sequence. And if you change the default paths in @file{texmf.in}, those changes are propagated to the compile-time defaults. The Make definitions are all repeated in several @t{Makefile}'s; but changing the top-level @file{Makefile} should suffice, as it passes down all the variable definitions, thus overriding the submakes. (The definitions are repeated so you can run Make in the subdirectories, if you should have occasion to.) @vindex MAKETEX_MODE @cindex paths, device name included in By default, the bitmap font paths end with @samp{/$MAKETEX_MODE}, thus including the device name (usually a Metafont mode name such as @samp{ljfour}). This distinguishes two different devices with the same resolution---a write/white from a write/black 300@dmn{dpi} printer, for example. @findex kpse_init_prog@r{, and @code{MAKETEX_MODE}} @flindex proginit.c However, since most sites don't have this complication, Kpathsea (specifically, the @code{kpse_init_prog} function in @file{kpathsea/proginit.c}) has a special case: if the mode has not been explicitly set by the user (or in a configuration file), it sets @code{MAKETEX_MODE} to @code{/}. This makes the default PK path, for example, expand into @code{@dots{}/pk//}, so fonts will be found even if there is no subdirectory for the mode (if you arranged things that way because your site has only one printer, for example) or if the program is mode-independent (e.g., @code{pktype}). To make the paths independent of the mode, simply edit @file{texmf.in} before installation, or the installed @file{texmf.cnf}, and remove the @samp{$MAKETEX_MODE}. @xref{mktex script arguments}, for how this interacts with @code{mktexpk}. @flindex HIER @flindex kpathsea/HIER @xref{TeX directory structure,, @TeX{} directory structure}, for a description of the default arrangement of the input files that comprise the @TeX{} system. The file @file{kpathsea/HIER} is a copy of that section. @node Default path generation @subsubsection Default path generation @cindex default paths, changing @cindex paths, changing default @cindex installation, changing default directories @cindex directories, changing default installation This section describes how the default paths are constructed. You may wish to ignore the whole mess and simply edit @file{texmf.cnf} after it is installed, perhaps even copying it into place beforehand so you can complete the installation, if it seems necessary. @cindex default paths, how they're made To summarize the chain of events that go into defining the default paths: @enumerate @item @samp{configure} creates a @file{Makefile} from each @file{Makefile.in}. @item @flindex texmf.sed When Make runs in the @file{kpathsea} directory, it creates a file @file{texmf.sed} that substitutes the Make value of @code{$(var)} for a string @code{@@var@@}. The variables in question are the one that define the installation directories. @item @flindex texmf.in @flindex texmf.cnf@r{, generated} @file{texmf.sed} (together with a little extra magic---see @file{kpathsea/Makefile}) is applied to @file{texmf.in} to generate @file{texmf.cnf}. This is the file that will eventually be installed and used. @item @flindex paths.h The definitions in @file{texmf.cnf} are recast as C @code{#define}'s in @file{paths.h}. These values will be the compile-time defaults; they are not used at runtime unless no @file{texmf.cnf} file can be found. (That's a lie: the compile-time defaults are what any extra @t{:}'s in @file{texmf.cnf} expand into; but the paths as distributed have no extra @t{:}'s, and there's no particular reason for them to.) @end enumerate @node Running configure @subsection Running @code{configure} @flindex configure@r{, running} @flindex c-auto.in @flindex Makefile.in @findex ac_include@r{, Autoconf extension} @cindex @@@var{var}@@ substitutions @cindex system dependencies Run @code{sh configure @var{options}} (in the top-level directory, the one containing @file{kpathsea/}), possibly using a shell other than @code{sh} (@pxref{configure shells}). @code{configure} adapts the source distribution to the present system via @code{#define}'s in @file{*/c-auto.h}, which are created from the corresponding @file{c-auto.in}. It also creates a @file{Makefile} from the corresponding @file{Makefile.in}, doing @samp{@@@var{var}@@} and @samp{ac_include} substitutions). @flindex README.CONFIGURE @flindex kpathsea/README.CONFIGURE @code{configure} is the best place to control the configuration, compilation, and installed location of the software, either via command-line options, or by setting environment variables before invoking it. For example, you can disable @code{mktexpk} by default with the option @samp{--disable-mktexpk}. @xref{configure options}. @menu * configure shells:: * configure options:: * configure environment:: * configure scenarios:: * Shared library:: @end menu @node configure shells @subsubsection @code{configure} shells @cindex shells and @code{configure} @pindex bash@r{, recommended for running @code{configure}} If you have Bash, the GNU shell, use it if @code{sh} runs into trouble (@pxref{Top,,,features,Bash Features}). Most Bourne shell variants other than Bash cannot handle @code{configure} scripts as generated by GNU Autoconf (@pxref{Top, Introduction,, autoconf, Autoconf}). Specifically: @table @code @item ksh @pindex ksh@r{, losing with @code{configure}} @pindex bsh@r{, ok with @code{configure}} @cindex Korn shell@r{, losing with @code{configure}} @cindex AIX shells and @code{configure} The Korn shell may be installed as @file{/bin/sh} on AIX. @file{/bin/bsh} may serve instead. @item ash @pindex ash@r{, losing with @code{configure}} @cindex NetBSD shells and @code{configure} @cindex FreeBSD shells and @code{configure} @cindex Linux shells and @code{configure} Ash is sometimes installed as @file{/bin/sh} on NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux systems. @file{/bin/bash} should be available. @item @r{Ultrix} /bin/sh @cindex DEC shells and @code{configure} @cindex Ultrix shells and @code{configure} @pindex sh5@r{, ok with @code{configure}} @file{/bin/sh} under Ultrix is a DEC-grown shell that is notably deficient in many ways. @file{/bin/sh5} may be necessary. @end table @node configure options @subsubsection @code{configure} options @cindex @code{configure} options For a complete list of all @code{configure} options, run @samp{configure --help} or see @ref{Invoking configure,, Running @code{configure} scripts, autoconf, Autoconf}, (a copy is in the file @file{kpathsea/README.CONFIGURE}). The generic options are listed first in the @samp{--help} output, and the package-specific options come last. The environment variables @code{configure} pays attention to are listed below. Options particularly likely to be useful are @samp{--prefix}, @samp{--datadir}, and the like; see @ref{configure scenarios}. @opindex --with @r{options} @opindex --enable @r{options} @cindex configuration of optional features @cindex options to @code{configure} This section gives pointers to descriptions of the @samp{--with} and @samp{--enable} options to @code{configure} that Kpathsea-using programs accept. @table @samp @item --without-mktexmf-default @itemx --without-mktexpk-default @itemx --without-mktextfm-default @itemx --with-mktextex-default Enable or disable the dynamic generation programs. @xref{mktex configuration}. @item --enable-shared @opindex --enable-shared Build Kpathsea as a shared library, and link against it. Also build the usual static library. @xref{Shared library}. @item --disable-static @opindex --disable-static Build only the shared library. Implies @samp{--enable-shared}. @item --enable-maintainer-mode @opindex --enable-maintainer-mode Enables make targets that are useful for the maintainer and likely to be a pain for anyone else; the makefiles created when this option is enabled may not work at all for you. You have been warned. @end table @node configure environment @subsubsection @code{configure} environment @code{configure} uses the value of the following environment variables in determining your system's characteristics, and substitutes for them in @t{Makefile}'s: @vtable @samp @item CC @pindex gcc@r{, compiling with} @pindex cc@r{, compiling with} The compiler to use: default is @code{gcc} if it's installed, otherwise @code{cc}. @item CFLAGS @cindex compiler options, specifying Options to give the compiler: default is @samp{-g -O2} for @code{gcc}, @samp{-g} otherwise. @code{CFLAGS} comes after any other options. You may need to include @code{-w} here if your compilations commonly have useless warnings (e.g., @code{NULL redefined}), or @code{configure} may fail to detect the presence of header files (it takes the messages on standard error to mean the header file doesn't exist). @item CPPFLAGS @cindex configuration compiler options Options to pass to the compiler preprocessor; this matters most for configuration, not the actual source compilation. The @code{configure} script often does only preprocessing (e.g., to check for the existence of @t{#include} files), and @code{CFLAGS} is not used for this. You may need to set this to something like @samp{-I/usr/local/include/wwwhatever} if you have the libwww library installed for hyper-xdvik (see @file{xdvik/INSTALL}). @item DEFS @cindex preprocessor options Additional preprocessor options, but not used by @code{configure}. Provided for enabling or disabling program features, as documented in the various program-specific installation instructions. @code{DEFS} comes before any compiler options included by the distribution @file{Makefile}s or by @code{configure}. @item LDFLAGS @cindex loader options Additional options to give to the loader. @code{LDFLAGS} comes before any other linker options. @item LIBS @cindex libraries, specifying additional Additional libraries to link with. @end vtable @node configure scenarios @subsubsection @code{configure} scenarios Here are some common installation scenarios: @itemize @bullet @item Including X support in Metafont. This is disabled by default, since many sites have no use for it, and it's a leading cause of configuration problems. @example configure --with-x @end example @item @cindex @TeX{} hierarchy, one Putting the binaries, @TeX{} files, GNU info files, etc.@: into a single @TeX{} hierarchy, say @file{/here/texmf}, requires overriding defaults in @code{configure}: @example configure --prefix=/here/texmf --datadir=/here @end example @item @cindex multiple architectures, compiling on @cindex architectures, compiling multiple @cindex symbolic link trees, for multiple architectures @opindex --srcdir@r{, for building multiple architectures} @pindex lndir @r{for building symlink trees} You can compile on multiple architectures simultaneously either by building symbolic link trees with the @code{lndir} script from the X11 distribution, or with the @samp{--srcdir} option: @example configure --srcdir=@var{srcdir} @end example @item @cindex multiple architectures, directories for If you are installing binaries for multiple architectures into a single hierarchy, you will probably want to override the default @file{bin} and @file{lib} directories, something like this: @example configure --prefix=@var{texmf} --datadir=@var{texmf} \ --bindir=@var{texmf}/@var{arch}/bin --libdir=@var{texmf}/@var{arch}/lib make texmf=@var{texmf} @end example @pindex depot @cindex automounter, and configuration @noindent (Unless you make provisions for architecture-specific files in other ways, e.g., with Depot or an automounter.) @item @opindex -O@r{, compiling with} @opindex -g@r{, compiling without} @cindex optimization, enabling @cindex debugging with @samp{-g}, disabling To compile with optimization (to compile without debugging, remove the @samp{-g}): @example env CFLAGS="-g -O" sh configure @dots{} @end example @noindent For a potential problem if you optimize, see @ref{TeX or Metafont failing,, @TeX{} or Metafont failing}. @end itemize @node Shared library @subsubsection Shared library @cindex shared library, making @opindex --enable-shared You can compile Kpathsea as a shared library on a few systems, by specifying the option @samp{--enable-shared} when you run @samp{configure}. @cindex code sharing The main advantage in doing this is that the executables can then share the code, thus decreasing memory and disk space requirements. On some systems, you can record the location of shared libraries in a binary, usually by giving certain options to the linker. Then individual users do not need to set their system's environment variable (e.g., @code{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}) to find shared libraries. If you want to do this, you will need to add the necessary options to @code{LDFLAGS} yourself; for example, on Solaris, include something like @samp{-R$@{prefix@}/lib}, on IRIX or Linux, use @samp{-rpath$@{prefix@}/lib}. (Unfortunately, making this happen by default is very difficult, because of interactions with an existing installed shared library.) Currently, shared library support is implemented only on Linux, SunOS 4 (Solaris 1), SunOS 5 (Solaris 2), IRIX 5, and IRIX 6. If you're interested and willing in adding support for other systems, please see the @samp{configure} mode in the @file{klibtool} script, especially the host-specific case statement around line 250. @node Running make @subsection Running @code{make} @pindex make@r{, running} @flindex texmf.cnf@r{, creating} @flindex paths.h@r{, creating} @code{make} (still in the top-level directory). This also creates the @file{texmf.cnf} and @file{paths.h} files that define the default search paths, and (by default) the @samp{plain} and @samp{latex} @TeX{} formats. @cindex fallback resolutions, overriding You can override directory names and other values at @code{make}-time. @file{make/paths.make} lists the variables most commonly reset. For example, @samp{make default_texsizes=600} changes the list of fallback resolutions. You can also override each of @code{configure}'s environment variables (@pxref{configure environment}). The Make variables have the same names. Finally, you can supply additional options via the following variables. (@code{configure} does not use these.) @vtable @samp @item XCPPFLAGS @itemx XDEFS @cindex preprocessor options, additional Preprocessor options. @item XCFLAGS @cindex compiler options, additional Compiler options. @item XLDFLAGS @cindex loader options, initial Loader options (included at beginning of link commands). @item XLOADLIBES @cindex loader options, final More loader options (included at end of link commands). @item XMAKEARGS @cindex Make arguments, additional Additional Make arguments passed to all sub-@code{make}'s. You may need to include assignments to the other variables here via @code{XMAKEARGS}; for example: @samp{make XMAKEARGS="CFLAGS=-O XDEFS=-DA4"}. @end vtable @cindex compiler, changing @cindex libraries, changing It's generally a bad idea to use a different compiler (@samp{CC}) or libraries (@code{LIBS}) for compilation than you did for configuration, since the values @code{configure} determined may then be incorrect. @cindex universe, BSD vs.@: system V @cindex BSD universe @cindex system V universe @cindex Solaris BSD compatibility, not @flindex libucb@r{, avoiding} @flindex ucbinclude@r{, avoiding} Adding compiler options to change the ``universe'' you are using (typically BSD vs.@: system V) is generally a cause of trouble. It's best to use the native environment, whatever that is; @code{configure} and the software usually adapt best to that. In particular, under Solaris 2.x, you should not use the BSD-compatibility library (@file{libucb}) or include files (@file{ucbinclude}). @cindex Babel If you want to use the Babel La@TeX{} package for support of non-English typesetting, you need to modify some files before making the La@TeX{} format. See the file @file{install.txt} in the Babel distribution. @node Installing files @subsection Installing files @cindex installing files The basic command is the usual @code{make install}. For security issues, @pxref{Security}. The first time you install any manual in the GNU Info system, you should add a line (you choose where) to the file @file{dir} in your @samp{$(infodir)} directory. Sample text for this is given near the top of the Texinfo source files (@file{kpathsea/kpathsea.texi}, @file{dvipsk/dvips.texi}, and @file{web2c/doc/web2c.texi}). If you have a recent version of the GNU Texinfo distribution installed (@url{ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/texinfo-3.9.tar.gz} or later), this should happen automatically. On the offchance that this is your first Info installation, the @file{dir} file I use is included in the distribution as @file{etc/dir-example}. @cindex multiple architectures, installing on @cindex architecture-(in)dependent files, installing only @cindex installation, architecture-(in)dependent files only You may wish to use one of the following targets, especially if you are installing on multiple architectures: @itemize @bullet @item @findex install-exec @r{Make target} @code{make install-exec} to install in architecture-dependent directories, i.e., ones that depend on the @code{$(exec_prefix)} Make variable. This includes links to binaries, libraries, etc., not just ``executables''. @item @findex install-data @r{Make target} @code{make install-data} to install in architecture-independent directories, such as documentation, configuration files, pool files, etc. @end itemize @cindex AFS @cindex Andrew File System, installing with @flindex /afs/@dots{} @r{, installing into} If you use the Andrew File System, the normal path (e.g., @var{prefix}/bin) only gets you to a read-only copy of the files, and you must specify a different path for installation. The best way to do this is by setting the @samp{prefix} variable on the @code{make} command line. The sequence becomes something like this: @example configure --prefix=/whatever make make install prefix=/afs/.@var{system.name}/system/1.3/@@sys/whatever @end example @flindex ls-R @r{and AFS} @cindex relative filenames in @file{ls-R} @noindent With AFS, you will definitely want to use relative filenames in @file{ls-R} (@pxref{Filename database}), not absolute filenames. This is done by default, but check anyway. @node Cleaning up @subsection Cleaning up @findex distclean @r{Make target} The basic command is @code{make distclean}. This removes all files created by the build. Alternatively, @itemize @bullet @item @findex mostlyclean @r{Make target} @code{make mostlyclean} if you intend to compile on another architecture. For Web2C, since the generated C files are portable, they are not removed. If the @code{lex} vs.@: @code{flex} situation is going to be different on the next machine, @code{rm web2c/lex.yy.c}. @item @findex clean @r{Make target} @code{make clean} to remove files created by compiling, but leave configuration files and Makefiles. @item @findex maintainer-clean @r{Make target} @code{make maintainer-clean} to remove everything that the Makefiles can rebuild. This is more than @samp{distclean} removes, and you should only use it if you are thoroughly conversant with (and have the necessary versions of) Autoconf. @item @findex extraclean @r{Make target} @code{make extraclean} to remove other junk, e.g., core files, log files, patch rejects. This is independent of the other @samp{clean} targets. @end itemize @node Filename database generation @subsection Filename database generation @cindex filename database generation @cindex generation of filename database You will probably want to set up a @code{cron} entry on the appropriate machine(s) to rebuild the filename database nightly or so, as in: @example 0 0 * * * cd @var{texmf} && @var{/bindir}/mktexlsr @end example @noindent @xref{Filename database}. Although the @code{mktex@dots{}} scripts make every effort to add newly-created files on the fly, it can't hurt to make sure you get a fresh version every so often. @node mktex scripts @subsection @file{mktex} scripts @cindex @file{mktex} scripts @cindex scripts for file creation @cindex font set, infinite @cindex dynamic creation of files @cindex Sauter fonts, and dynamic source creation @cindex EC fonts, and dynamic source creation If Kpathsea cannot otherwise find a file, for some file types it is configured by default to invoke an external program to create it dynamically (@pxref{mktex configuration}). This is most useful for fonts (bitmaps, TFM's, and arbitrarily-sizable Metafont sources such as the Sauter and EC fonts), since any given document can use fonts never before referenced. Trying to build all fonts in advance is therefore impractical, if not impossible. The script is passed the name of the file to create and possibly other arguments, as explained below. It must echo the full pathname of the file it created (and nothing else) to standard output; it can write diagnostics to standard error. @menu * mktex configuration:: * mktex script names:: * mktex script arguments:: @end menu @node mktex configuration @subsubsection @file{mktex} configuration @cindex @file{mktex} script configuration @cindex configuration of @file{mktex} scripts @cindex enabling @file{mktex} scripts @cindex disabling @file{mktex} scripts The following file types can run an external program to create missing files: @file{pk}, @file{tfm}, @file{mf}, @file{tex}; the scripts are named @file{mktexpk}, @file{mktextfm}, @file{mktexmf}, and @file{mktextex}. In the absence of @code{configure} options specifying otherwise, everything but @file{mktextex} will be enabled by default. The @code{configure} options to change the defaults are: @cindex @code{configure} options for @file{mktex} scripts @opindex --without-mktexmf-default @opindex --without-mktexpk-default @opindex --without-mktextfm-default @opindex --with-mktextex-default @example --without-mktexmf-default --without-mktexpk-default --without-mktextfm-default --with-mktextex-default @end example The @code{configure} setting is overridden if the environment variable or configuration file value named for the script is set; e.g., @file{MKTEXPK} (@pxref{mktex script arguments}). @flindex mktex.cnf @cindex site overrides for @code{mktex@dots{}} As distributed, all the scripts source a file @file{texmf/web2c/mktex.cnf} if it exists, so you can override various defaults. See @file{mktex.opt}, for instance, which defines the default mode, resolution, some special directory names, etc. If you prefer not to change the distributed scripts, you can simply create @file{mktex.cnf} with the appropriate definitions (you do not need to create it if you have nothing to put in it). @file{mktex.cnf} has no special syntax; it's an arbitrary Bourne shell script. The distribution contains a sample @file{mktex.cnf} for you to copy and modify as you please (it is not installed anywhere). @flindex mktex.opt @vindex MT_FEATURES In addition, you can configure a number of features with the @code{MT_FEATURES} variable, which you can define: @itemize @bullet @item in @file{mktex.opt}, as just mentioned; @item by editing the file @file{mktex.opt}, either before @samp{make install} (in the source hierarchy) or after (in the installed hierarchy); @item or in the environment. @end itemize If none of the options below are enabled, @code{mktexpk}, @code{mktextfm}, and @code{mktexmf} follow the following procedure to decide where fonts should be installed. Find the tree where the font's sources are, and test the permissions of the @samp{fonts} directory of that tree to determine whether it is writable. If it is, put the files in the tree in appropriate locations. If it isn't writable, see whether the tree is a system tree (named in @code{SYSTEXMF}). If so, the @code{VARTEXFONTS} tree is used. In all other cases the working directory is used. The @samp{appendonlydir} option is enabled by default. @vtable @samp @item appendonlydir @cindex directories, making append-only @flindex mktexdir Tell @code{mktexdir} to create directories append-only, i.e., set their sticky bit (@pxref{Mode Structure,,, fileutils, GNU File Utilities}). This feature is silently ignored on non-Unix platforms (e.g. Windows/NT and MS-DOS) which don't support similar functionality. This feature is enabled by default. @item dosnames @cindex 8.3 filenames, using @cindex DOS compatible names @flindex dpi@var{nnn} directories Use 8.3 names; e.g., @file{dpi600/cmr10.pk} instead of @file{cmr10.600pk}. Note that this feature only affects filenames that would otherwise clash with other TeX-related filenames; @file{mktex} scripts do nothing about filenames which exceed the 8+3 MS-DOS limits but remain unique when truncated (by the OS) to these limits, and nether do the scripts care about possible clashes with files which aren't related with TeX. For example, @file{cmr10.600pk} would clash with @file{cmr10.600gf} and is therefore changed when @samp{dosnames} is in effect, but @file{mf.pool} and @file{mp.base} don't clash with any TeX-related files and are therefore unchanged. This feature is turned on by default on MS-DOS. If you do not wish @samp{dosnames} to be set on an MS-DOS platform, you need to set the @code{MT_FEATURES} environment variable to a value that doesn't include @samp{dosnames}. You can also change the default setting by editing @file{mktex.opt}, but only if you use the @file{mktex} shell scripts; the emulation programs don't consult @file{mktex.opt}. @item fontmaps @cindex fontmaps @cindex fontname Instead of deriving the location of a font in the destination tree from the location of the sources, the aliases and directory names from the Fontname distribution are used. (@pxref{Top,, Introduction, fontname, Fontname}). @item nomode @cindex mode directory, omitting Omit the directory level for the mode name; this is fine as long as you generate fonts for only one mode. @item stripsupplier @cindex supplier directory, omitting Omit the font supplier name directory level. @item striptypeface @cindex typeface directory, omitting Omit the font typeface name directory level. @item strip @cindex supplier directory, omitting @cindex typeface directory, omitting Omit the font supplier and typeface name directory levels. This feature is deprecated in favour of @samp{stripsupplier} and @samp{striptypeface}. @item varfonts @flindex /var/tmp/texfonts @vindex VARTEXFONTS @cindex Linux File System Standard When this option is enabled, fonts that would otherwise be written in system texmf tree go to the @code{VARTEXFONTS} tree instead. The default value in @file{kpathsea/Makefile.in} is @file{/var/tmp/texfonts}. The @cite{Linux File System Standard} recommends @file{/var/tex/fonts}. @vindex USE_VARTEXFONTS The @samp{varfonts} setting in @code{MT_FEATURES} is overridden by the @code{USE_VARTEXFONTS} environment variable: if set to @samp{1}, the feature is enabled, and if set to @samp{0}, the feature is disabled. @end vtable @node mktex script names @subsubsection @file{mktex} script names @cindex @file{mktex} script names @cindex names for @file{mktex} scripts @flindex tex-make.c @vindex kpse_make_specs The following table shows the default name of the script for each possible file types. (The source is the variable @code{kpse_make_specs} in @file{kpathsea/tex-make.c}.) @table @file @item mktexpk @pindex mktexpk Glyph fonts. @item mktextex @pindex mktextex @TeX{} input files. @item mktexmf @pindex mktexmf Metafont input files. @item mktextfm @pindex mktextfm TFM files. @end table @vindex DVIPSMAKEPK @vindex XDVIMAKEPK @vindex DVILJMAKEPK @noindent These names are overridden by an environment variable specific to the program---for example, @code{DVIPSMAKEPK} for Dvipsk. @comment next two paragraphs are repeated in dvips.texi @flindex missfont.log @cindex failed @code{mktex@dots{}} script invocation If a @code{mktex@dots{}} script fails, the invocation is appended to a file @file{missfont.log} (by default) in the current directory. You can then execute the log file to create the missing files after fixing the problem. @vindex TEXMFOUTPUT @vindex MISSFONT_LOG If the current directory is not writable and the environment variable or configuration file value @code{TEXMFOUTPUT} is set, its value is used. Otherwise, nothing is written. The name @samp{missfont.log} is overridden by the @code{MISSFONT_LOG} environment variable or configuration file value. @node mktex script arguments @subsubsection @file{mktex} script arguments @cindex arguments to @file{mktex} The first argument to a @file{mktex} script is always the name of the file to be created. In the default @file{mktexpk} implementation, additional arguments may also be passed: @table @samp @item --dpi @var{num} Sets the resolution of the generated font to @var{num}. @item --mfmode @var{name} Sets the Metafont mode to @var{name}. @item --bdpi @var{num} Sets the the ``base dpi'' for the font. This must match the mode being used. @item --mag @var{string} A ``magstep'' string suitable for the Metafont @code{mag} variable. This must match the combination of @var{bdpi} and @var{dpi} being used. @item --destdir @var{string} A directory name. If the directory is absolute, it is used as-is. Otherwise, it is appended to the root destination directory set in the script. @end table @c The feature mentioned here doesn't seem to be implemented. @c Worse, the variable name clashed with the "switch" used to select @c whether a mktex program is run at all. However, a dearth of @c complains suggests that no-one was using it anyway. @c @c @vindex MKTEXPK @r{environment variable} @c @cindex specification for @code{mktexpk} @c You can change the specification for the arguments passed to the @c external script by setting the environment variable named as the script @c name, but all capitals---@code{MKTEXPK}, for example. If you've @c changed the script name by setting (say) @code{DVIPSMAKEPK} to @c @samp{foo}, then the spec is taken from the environment variable @c @code{FOO}. @c @c The spec can contain any variable references, to the above variables or @c any others. As an example, the default spec for @code{mktexpk} is: @c @example @c $KPATHSEA_DPI $MAKETEX_BASE_DPI $MAKETEX_MAG $MAKETEX_MODE @c @end example @c @c @noindent The convention of passing the name of the file to be created @c as the first argument cannot be changed. @node Installation testing @subsection Installation testing @cindex testing, post-installation @cindex installation testing Besides the tests listed in @ref{Simple installation}, you can try running @samp{make check}. This includes the torture tests (trip, trap, and mptrap) that come with Web2c (@pxref{Triptrap,,, web2c, Web2c}). @node Security @section Security @cindex security considerations None of the programs in the @TeX{} system require any special system privileges, so there's no first-level security concern of people gaining illegitimate root access. @cindex trojan horse attack @flindex .rhosts@r{, writable by @TeX{}} A @TeX{} document, however, can write to arbitrary files, e.g., @file{~/.rhosts}, and thus an unwitting user who runs @TeX{} on a random document is vulnerable to a trojan horse attack. This loophole is closed by default, but you can be permissive if you so desire in @file{texmf.cnf}. @xref{tex invocation,,, web2c, Web2c}. MetaPost has the same issue. Dvips, Xdvi, and @TeX{} can also execute shell commands under some circumstances. To disable this, see the @samp{-R} option in @ref{Option details,,, dvips, Dvips}, the xdvi man page, and @ref{tex invocation,,, web2c, Web2c}, respectively. @cindex local cache of fonts @cindex cache of fonts, local Another security issue arises because it's very useful---almost necessary---to make arbitrary fonts on user demand with @code{mktexpk} and friends. Where do these files get installed? By default, the @code{mktexpk} distributed with Kpathsea assumes a world-writable @file{/var/tmp} directory; this is a simple and convenient approach, but it may not suit your situation because it means that a local cache of fonts is created on every machine. @cindex globally writable directories To avoid this duplication, many people consider a shared, globally writable font tree desirable, in spite of the potential security problems. To do this you should change the value of @code{VARTEXFONTS} in @file{texmf.cnf} to refer to some globally known directory. @xref{mktex configuration}. @cindex append-only directories and @code{mktexpk} The first restriction you can apply is to make newly-created directories under @file{texmf} be append-only with an option in @file{mktex.cnf}. @xref{mktex configuration}. @cindex group-writable directories @cindex setgid scripts Another approach is to establish a group (or user) for @TeX{} files, make the @file{texmf} tree writable only to that group (or user), and make @code{mktexpk} et al.@: setgid to that group (or setuid to that user). Then users must invoke the scripts to install things. (If you're worried about the inevitable security holes in scripts, then you could write a C wrapper to exec the script.) @cindex file permissions @cindex permissions, file The @file{mktex@dots{}} scripts install files with the same read and write permissions as the directory they are installed in. The executable, sgid, suid, and sticky bits are always cleared. @cindex directory permissions @cindex permissions, directory Any directories created by the @file{mktex@dots{}} scripts have the same permissions as their parent directory, unless the @code{appendonlydir} feature is used, in which case the sticky bit is always set.