[l2h] Install l2h on XP

[Steve Mayer]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Young" <peacedan@yahoo.com>
To: <latex2html@tug.org>
Sent: 12 August 2002 22:58
Subject: [l2h] Install l2h on XP


> Hi,
>
> I tried to install LaTeX2HTML on Windows XP.
>
> After I did what I could do, I could only get html
> files within the directory of installed latex2html;
> when I ran latex2html in other directories, I only got
> a directory with an empty subdirectory TMP and nothing
> else. Even for those html files, some texts cannot be
> properly displayed and some tags like <#460#> appear.
> Below is how I installed the LaTeX2HTML.
>
> I downloaded latex2html-2002-1.tar.gz from CTAN and
> unzip it to C:\Download\latex2html-2002-1. Because I
> feel the README and INSTALL are a little bit hard to
> follow and I am using MiK-TeX, I used the instructions
> on http://www.mayer.dial.pipex.com/l2h.htm.
>
> I believe I exactly followed the instructions and
> change the $path environment variable, except changing
> the some paths according to my original setting of
> MiK-TeX. The problem is when I tried the test.bat,
> there is no pstoimg.bat to check. I put the results of
> configuration below:
>
> Starting Configuration...
>
> config.pl, Release 2002-1 (Revision 1.46)
> Accompanies LaTeX2HTML, (C) 1999 GNU Public License.
>
> checking for old config file (cfgcache.pm)... not
> found (ok)
> checking for platform... MSWin32 (Windows 32 bit)
> checking for c:\Perl\bin\perl.exe...
> c:\Perl\bin\perl.exe
> checking perl version... 5.006001
> checking if perl supports some dbm... yes
> checking if perl globbing works... yes
> checking for tex... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\tex.exe
> checking for latex... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\latex.exe
> checking for initex... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\initex.exe
> checking for kpsewhich... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\kpsewhich.exe
> checking for kpsewhich syntax... no, from which planet
> is your kpsewhich?
> checking for TeX include path... NONE
> Warning: Will not automatically install LaTeX2HTML
> style files.
> checking for dvips... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\dvips.exe
> checking dvips version... no
> Error: could not determine dvips version
> Warning: Will not be able to generate images due to
> above failure.
> checking for html4-check... no
> checking for gswin32c... c:\program
> files\ghostgum\gs\gs7.03\bin\gswin32c.exe
> Error: could not execute c:\program
> files\ghostgum\gs\gs7.03\bin\gswin32c.exe
> Warning: Will not be able to generate images due to
> above failure.
> checking for pnmflip... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmflip.exe
> checking for ppmquant... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\ppmquant.exe
> checking for pnmfile... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmfile.exe
> checking for pnmcat... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmcat.exe
> checking for pbmmake... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pbmmake.exe
> checking for ppmtogif... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\ppmtogif.exe
> checking for pnmtopng... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmtopng.exe
> checking for ppmtojpeg... no
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
> string at config\config.pl line 2388.
> Warning: You cannot directly translate/modify graphics
> of  format.
> checking for pnmcut... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmcut.exe
> checking for pnmpad... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmpad.exe
> checking for pnmrotate... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmrotate.exe
> checking for pnmscale... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\pnmscale.exe
> checking for giftopnm... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\giftopnm.exe
> checking for jpegtopnm... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\jpegtopnm.exe
> checking for pngtopnm... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\pngtopnm.exe
> checking for tifftopnm... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\tifftopnm.exe
> checking for picttoppm... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\picttoppm.exe
> checking for anytopnm... no
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
> string at config\config.pl line 2388.
> Warning: You cannot directly translate/modify graphics
> of  format.
> checking for bmptoppm... no
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or
> string at config\config.pl line 2388.
> Warning: You cannot directly translate/modify graphics
> of  format.
> checking for pcxtoppm... C:\Program
> Files\texmf\miktex\bin\pcxtoppm.exe
> checking for sgitopnm... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\sgitopnm.exe
> checking for xbmtopbm... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\xbmtopbm.exe
> checking for xwdtopnm... \Program
> Files\ghostgum\netpbm\bin\xwdtopnm.exe
> checking if multiple pipes work... no
> Unfortunately multiple pipes are not reliable on this
> OS.
> checking for temporary disk space...
> C:\DOCUME~1\DANIEL~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
> creating cfgcache.pm
> creating test.bat
> creating install.bat
> Note: Will install...
>       ... executables to   : C:\latex2html\bin
>       ... shared library items to : C:\latex2html
>       ... unshared library items to : C:\latex2html
> Starting build...
>  ... building latex2html
> build.pl (Revision 1.6)
> Building "latex2html.bat" from "latex2html.pin"
>  ... building pstoimg
> build.pl (Revision 1.6)
> config\build.pl: Warning: Skipping build of pstoimg
> because of missing external programs.
>  ... building texexpand
> build.pl (Revision 1.6)
> Building "texexpand.bat" from "texexpand.pin"
>  ... building configuration module
> build.pl (Revision 1.6)
> Building "l2hconf.pm" from "l2hconf.pin"
> Configuration procedure finished
>
> The results did suggest skipping building pstoimg, but
> what are those missing external programs since I
> follow the instructions.
>
> There are also several other error messages regarding
> to gswin32c (which is executable by double click the
> icon) and the version of dvips (which is "This is
> dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software
> (www.radicaleye.com)"). Why the config.bat cannot
> recognize them and how do I fix these problems?
>
> Thanks. - Daniel

Looking at your config.log it is clear that the configuration program
can't find anything that resides in C:\Program Files. So you have 2
options:

1. Try an older version of Perl as suggested by Ulrich Diez and
mentioned in my earlier message
http://tug.org/pipermail/latex2html/2002-August/001979.html where it may
be possible to use long path names

and/or

2. Reinstall Miktex, Ghostscript and all the other programs in
directories with short file names (eg c:\texmf, c:\gs etc) and tell the
config program you want Latex2html in eg c:\l2h. Ensure that you have
completely uninstalled all the programs (including Latex2html
installation) so that there is no possibility of programs being found in
the old paths.

I hope this will work. I will be particularly interested if option 1
works with long file names.

Steve Mayer