[pstricks] pst-key.tex

Pedro Jorge Caridade caridade at qta.qui.uc.pt
Fri Oct 8 15:41:56 CEST 2004


That looks like a non-root attempt to update the file list of tetex.
Have you tried to do it has root?

Pedro



On Fri, 2004-10-08 at 14:08, Doug Mounce wrote:
> trying to resolve the "\input pst-key can't find file .tex" error:
> 
> % kpsewhich pst-key.tex
> 
> returns
> 
> % /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/generic/pstricks/pst-key.tex
> 
> I went-ahead and ran texhash but the directories aren't writable.
> 
> texhash: /usr/local/teTeX/share/...
> /texmf.local: directory not writable. Skipping...
> /texmf.gwtex: directory not writable. Skipping...
> /texmf.tetex: directory not writable. Skipping...
> /texmf: directory not writable. Skipping...
> texhash: Updating /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R...
> rm: /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R: Operation not permitted
> mv: rename /var/tmp/texfonts/lsR741.tmp/lsR741.tmp to 
> /var/tmp/texfonts/ls-R: Operation not permitted
> texhash: Done.
> 
> Any worries if I make the /usr/local/teTeX/share/ directory writable?  
> Or should I look-again at
> 
> ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/generic/xkeyval?
> 
> I can't make heads or tails of the README, run, or source...
> 
> Any advice is appreciated, Doug.
> 
> On Oct 7, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Herbert Voss wrote:
> > \input
> >             pst-key
> > can't find file .tex
> 
> what does
> 
> kpsewhich pst-key.tex
> 
> say?
> 
> If nothing, then install this package from CTAN
> 
> ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/generic/pst-key.tex
> 
> and put it in any place where TeX finds it and then run texhash.
> If you use pstricks-add from http://perce.de/LaTeX/pstricks-add,
> then you need pst-xkey, also available from CTAN
> 
> ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/generic/xkeyval
> 
> Herbert
> 
> 
> 
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