[tex-live] cygwin install of tetex-20120119 broken.

[Ken Brown]

On 2/5/2012 11:40 AM, George Barrick wrote:
>
> Subject: cygwin install of tetex-20120119 broken.
>
>                               2012.02.03.16:35:24 UT
>
> Hey TeX-live guys,
>
>        I am a user of LaTeX under the CygWin GNU/Linux
> emulator for Win32.  My box is a Dell Optiplex 380 with
> an Intel Core2 2930 MHz CPU, 4.0 GBt memory that runs
> WinXP Pro. version 2002 + SP3 (686-32).  I'm using
> CygWin 1.7.8-1 due to the fact that the 1.7.9-1 has a
> little bug that prevents GNU Octave (my favorite numerics
> program) from piping its output to gnuplot.  Other than
> that one .dll, my CygWin installation is up-to-date.
>
>        The CygWin installer has brought a new set of
> tetex-packages into its list this weekend.  These are
> all associated with tetex-20120119.  This replaced all
> of my previous tetex-3.0.0-3, but has suceeded in giving
> me a broken tetex installation.

What Cygwin mirror did you get tetex-20120119 from?  I've checked 
several, and they all have tetex-3.0.0-3.

> $ latex test0203.tex
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.3-1.40.12 (TeX Live 2011)

TeX Live 2011 is not in the Cygwin distribution.  But as Reinhard said, 
you can use the TeX Live installer to install Tex Live 2011 on Cygwin.

Ken