Re: 2.17.7 won't compile

2012-11-27 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
David Kastrup writes: > Bric writes: >> What is "mfplain" ? Online searching fails to explain. > > $ dpkg -S mfplain While helpful for this user in this specific case, that only works if you already have what you are missing. Try (after apt-file update of course) $ apt-file search mfplain

Re: 2.17.7 won't compile

2012-11-27 Thread David Kastrup
Bric writes: > I'm getting this error on "make": > > > --- begin quote - > ! I can't find file `mfplain'. > l.27 input mfplain > --- end quote --- > > > What is "mfplain" ? Online searching fails to explain. $ dpkg -S mfplain texlive-metapost: /usr/share/texlive/t

2.17.7 won't compile

2012-11-27 Thread Bric
I'm getting this error on "make": --- begin quote - ! I can't find file `mfplain'. l.27 input mfplain --- end quote --- What is "mfplain" ? Online searching fails to explain. I'm on Ubuntu Maverick (10.10). Thanks. _