[tex-live] [tlpmgui] tlpmgui on linux
Tomasz Łuczak
tlu at technodat.com.pl
Sun Jan 7 12:40:02 CET 2007
Dnia Sun, 7 Jan 2007 03:57:57 +0100
Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to invoke tlpmgui from an xterm but it sais:
>
> +--------------------------------------------+
> Error! tlpmgui require Xwindow
> +--------------------------------------------+
>
This message appear when tlpmgui cannot draw window, e.g. start in
console mode or in if you are logged as user in X and in xterm you
changed user via su - root (or other user) usually cannot run graphic
application without xhost and set environment variable DISPLAY.
> Don't know how you test whether you are using X11. The easiest way is
> to check whether the DISPLAY variable is set.
tlpmgui tests creation of window, if failed then appear this message.
> probably better to say "tlpmgui requires X11".
OK, I change it.
> $ file tlpmgui
> tlpmgui: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.0.0,
> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.0.0, stripped
>
> Of course, self-contained executables have a few advantages. But
> isn't a Perl script more portable today on UNIX systems?
Write you own complete installer in perl, portable for unices and
Windows with better GUI. We welcome.
Tomek
--
Tomasz Łuczak
TECHNODAT Sp. z o.o. tel +48 32 2382337
ul. Kościuszki 1c tel +48 32 3314484
44-100 Gliwice, PL mob +48 602 524713
http://www.technodat.com.pl http://www.emrm.pl
More information about the tex-live
mailing list