[tex-live] Re: LInks for binaries not installed

[Christian Lasarczyk]

Hi Daniel,
see

http://www.tug.org/texlive/bugs.html

for further information.

Best,
   Christian


Daniel Flipo schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> A TL2005 user working on a Linux Debian Sarge platform reports that the 
> links for binaries fail to install.
> 
> For instance, instead of
>  >   lrwxrwxrwx  1 melennec wdinstall 7 Jan 23 11:21 pdflatex -> pdfetex
> he gets a non executable file:
>  >   -rw-r--r--  1 melennec wdinstall 7 Jan 23 11:21 pdflatex
> 
> BTW, other links in texmf/doc/man/man1 and in texmf-dist/doc/ also fail 
> to install...
> 
> His log file says:
> 
> Unpacking zip files for packages...
> ............................................
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/lamed) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfamstex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/amstex) failed
> ....warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/bg5+latex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/bg5+pdflatex) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/fdf2tan) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/fdf2tex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/makempy) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mptopdf) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texfind) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texfont) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texshow) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texutil) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/cslatex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfcslatex) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/csplain) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfcsplain) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/ctangle.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/cweave.1) failed
> .........warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj2p.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj4.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj4l.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/dvilj6.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/dvilj6) failed
> ...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/dvigif) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/eplain) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/etex) failed
> ...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/getnonfreefonts-sys) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/jadetex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfjadetex) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/kpsepath.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/kpsexpand.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/mktexfmt.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/kpsepath) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/kpsexpand) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mktexfmt) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texhash) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/uniqleaf) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/latex) failed
> ...warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/mf-nowin.1) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfmex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/utf8mex) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mllatex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/mltex) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/lambda) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/odvicopy.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/odvips.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/odvitype.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/odvips) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/ofm2opl) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/opl2ofm) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/ovf2ovp) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/ovp2ovf) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfaleph) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfcont-en) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfcont-nl) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfetex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdflambda) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdflatex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/altpdfomega) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdflatex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdftex) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfcrop) failed
> ...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/physe) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/phyzzx) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfplatex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/platex) failed
> ........warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/fmtutil-sys.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/updmap-sys.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/allec) failed
> ...warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/texconfig-sys.1) failed
> ...warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/texsis) failed
> ..warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/thumbpdf) failed
> .......warning:  symbolic link (texmf/doc/man/man1/oxdvi.1) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/oxdvi) failed
> .warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/pdfxmltex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (bin/i386-linux/xmltex) failed
> warning:  symbolic link (texmf-dist/doc/latex/custom-bib/README) failed
> warning: symbolic link (texmf-dist/doc/latex/fncychap/README) failed
> ..................................
> Done unpacking.
> 
> Has anybody a clue of what happens?
> Thanks in advance,