[OS X TeX] pdftex error

[Herb Schulz]

On 3/18/04 6:47 PM, "Lorant Olasz" <lorant at kth.se> wrote:

> For the past day I've been trying to get a working latex installation,
> first with fink and then with I-installer. Installation process
> produces no errors. However, when trying to compile a file with pdftex
> I get the following error:
> 
> ! Undefined control sequence.
> l.3 \documentclass
>                 [10pt] {article}
> 

Howdy,

One possibility...try running pdflatex rather than pdftex.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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