[texworks] 'No SyncTex data available', Xunbuntu 9.10, TeXWorks 0.3 ver 571

[Jonathan Kew]

What TeX distribution do you have on there, and in particular, is the -synctex option supported by pdftex? Is there a .synctex.gz file created alongside the PDF?

On 3 Apr 2010, at 22:15, Paul A Norman wrote:

> I'm currently setting up an Xunbuntu 9.10 box, using TeXWorks 0.3 ver
> 571 installed after adding ppa:texworks/ppa. (0.3.0~svn581~karmic1
> Stefan Löffler  (2010-04-02) )
> 
> This document trial was done using the built in template for article
> with small safe modifications.
> 
> When the typesetting has finished the document correctly shows in the
> preview pane and a message briefly appears in the preview frame's
> footer panel saying that there is 'No SyncTex data available', and so
> of course none of the 'Jump to ..' work
> 
> Do I need to install something else or ...?
> 
> Paul
>