[l2h] totally basic...

[Ross Moore]

Hello Alfa,

On 24/12/2005, at 9:30 PM, Alfa Diallo wrote:

> Hi, I am VERY new to using the Terminal on my Mac PowerBook.
>
> Still, I would very much like to install latex2html to help advance  
> my open-source publishing project. I've downloaded the 2002-2-1  
> Ver. of latex2html (Oct. 2004) and unzipped it. That's as far as  
> I've gotten after several tries using the Terminal.
>
> I tried using the Readme instructions but have gotten no where  
> (besides renaming CONFIG.BAT to CONFIG.CMD). I'm not even sure how  
> to "modify the PERL environment setting (in CONFIG.CMD)" as
> the next step of the directions asks. Pitiful.

Well, since Mac OS X is a Unix system, not DOS-based, then you are  
looking
at quite the wrong files.

>
> So, what I was wondering - is there a step-by-step instruction set  
> that explains the commands and holds the hand of the non-coding  
> inclined?
>
Look at the instructions for installing LaTeX2HTML under Unix.

Alternatively, you can use  fink , which should also handle
installation of the  netpbm  utilities.

Unfortunately there's no  iInstaller  version yet.


> Any help, guidance or hand-holding would greatly be appreciated,


Hope this helps.

	Ross

>
> Alfa Diallo, MD, MPH
> Johns Hopkins Hospital
> Baltimore, MD
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> latex2html mailing list
> latex2html at tug.org
> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/latex2html

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ross Moore                                         ross at maths.mq.edu.au
Mathematics Department                             office: E7A-419
Macquarie University                               tel: +61 +2 9850 8955
Sydney, Australia  2109                            fax: +61 +2 9850 8114
------------------------------------------------------------------------