[Debian-handbook-translators] still having trouble to set up a proper toolchain for building the handbook as a pdf

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013, Andreas Reuleaux wrote:
> $ publican build --formats=pdf --langs=en-US

If you use publican, you only need "fop", there are not external
dependencies that are required.

> $ ./build/build-pdf --lang=en-US

This uses dblatex and thus a completely different toolchain.

> publican, dblatex,  xetex, texlive-xetex beforehand 
> and had installed fop already
> (I'm on wheezy)
> 
> kpathsea: Invalid fontname `Linux Biolinum O:'...
> msgs - cf output below, and seems to take ages
> and then xelatex failed

This font is in the package: "fonts-linuxlibertine".

I think you also need "texlive-pstricks".

> -> still no pdf / where should it be, anyway? - any help is appreciated

Generated files end up somewhere in publish/$LANG/Debian/6.0/

Cheers,
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