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tetex-0.9-17, as provided in RH 6.0, is missing an executable amstex. amstex was included in previous versions of tetex, and is a commonly used version of TeX by mathematicians. The basic problem is that there is no amstex.fmt in /usr/share/texmf. This can be created easily by running initex /usr/share/texmf/tex/amstex/config/amstex.ini After placing amstex.fmt in /usr/share/texmf, one needs to make a symbolic link in /usr/bin by ln -s amstex tex It is possible that teTeX no longer includes amstex.fmt by default, but it is also possible that whoever created the rpm package didn't create it as may have been done in earlier versions of the package. But in any event, it is used commonly enough that it should be there by default.
Here's what teTeX-1.0/texk/web2c/Makefile.in has to say: ... @TEX@fmts = #latex.fmt # amstex.fmt eplain.fmt texinfo.fmt ... AFAICT the 2nd pound sign indicates that amstex (and eplain/texinfo) are not built by default. I'll try to get this turned on the next time I build teTeX -- complain if I forget :-)Here's what teTeX-1.0/texk/web2c/Makefile.in has to say: ... @TEX@fmts = #latex.fmt # amstex.fmt eplain.fmt texinfo.fmt ... AFAICT the 2nd pound sign indicates that amstex (and eplain/texinfo) are not built by default. I'll try to get this turned on the next time I build teTeX -- complain if I forget :-) ------- Email Received From Leonard Evens <len@schur.math.nwu.edu> 06/27/99 17:42 -------
Fixed in tetex-1.0.6-1.