[sane-devel] compiling from source

[Henning Meier-Geinitz]

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 11:55:30AM -0500, Dennis Veatch wrote:
> Lunar-linux distro (source based), kernel 2.6.11-rc3, sane-backends version 
> 1.0.15
> 
> All goes well until it gets to the part about compiling the "docs" at which I 
> get this error;
> 
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.15/tools'
> making all in doc
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.15/doc'
> Generating index for sane.ps...
> Generating sane.ps...
> make[1]: *** [sane.ps] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/sane-backends-1.0.15/doc'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> 
> I'm guessing it has something to do with postscript? The only thing I could 
> find close to this on google is some mention about TeX or latex being a goofy 
> install or not liking some commands. I doubt (on my system anyway) I have a 
> "goofy" install of tex or latex as sane seems to be the only app that has 
> this problem. Also AFAICT all required dependencies are installed. 

It's either a problem with latex or dvips. Edit "doc/Makefile", look
for "sane.ps:" and remove the "@", ">/dev/null" and "2>/dev/null" in
the following lines. This should show you what's wrong.

Bye,
  Henning