Installing latex2html on Sparc Solaris

Getting necessary pieces

• wget -- it is available precompiled from a premiere Sun Freeware site: http://www.sunfreeware.com/.
• perl -- it is available precompiled from a premiere Sun Freeware site: http://www.sunfreeware.com/.
• GNU tar -- gtar, available currently as tar-1.13 from http://www.sunfreeware.com/.
• gcc -- GNU C compiler available precompiled from the http://www.sunfreeware.com/.
• T_EX package (including L^AT_EX). The teTeX package is recommended. If you do not have it, the instructions on how to install it are available at: http://www.ccl.net/cca/text-processing/tex/teTeX-Installation/

mkdir /usr/local/tempjkl

  ghostscript-5.50
  ghostview-1.5
  libpng-1.0.2
  jpeg-6b
  netpbm-1mar1994p1
  zlib-1.1.3

cd /usr/local/tempjkl

ftp nce.sun.ca
Name: anonymous
Password: your_e-mail_address

   binary
   
   cd /pub/freeware/sparc/7
   get libpng-1.0.2-sol7-sparc-local.gz
   get ghostscript-5.50-sol7-sparc-local.gz
   get ghostview-1.5-sol7-sparc-local.gz
   get jpeg-6b-sol7-sparc-local.gz
   get libpng-1.0.2-sol7-sparc-local.gz
   get zlib-1.1.3-sol7-sparc-local.gz
   
   cd /pub/freeware/SOURCES/
   get ghostscript-fonts-other-5.50.tar.gz
   get ghostscript-5.50.tar.gz
   get ghostscript-fonts-std-5.50.tar.gz
   get ghostview-1.5.tar.gz
   get jpeg-6b.tar.gz
   get libpng-1.0.2.tar.gz
   get netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz
   get zlib-1.1.3.tar.gz
   
   quit

Unpacking and Installing the pieces

• Ghostscript 5.50. I know that version 6.0 is out, but I did not find it in an easy, compiled, Solaris package form. I did:

    cd /usr/local/tempjkl
    gunzip ghostscript-5.50-sol7-sparc-local.gz
    pkgadd -d ghostscript-5.50-sol7-sparc-local

• Ghostview

    cd /usr/local/tempjkl
    gunzip ghostview-1.5-sol7-sparc-local.gz
    pkgadd -d ghostview-1.5-sol7-sparc-local

• Ghostscript fonts

    cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts
    gtar zxvf /usr/local/tempjkl/ghostscript-fonts-other-5.50.tar.gz
  
    cd /usr/local/share/ghostscript
    gtar zxvf /usr/local/tempjkl/ghostscript-fonts-std-5.50.tar.gz

• installed jpeg package

    cd /usr/local/tempjkl
    gunzip jpeg-6b-sol7-sparc-local.gz
    pkgadd -d jpeg-6b-sol7-sparc-local

• install libpnh

    cd /usr/local/tempjkl
    gunzip libpng-1.0.2-sol7-sparc-local.gz
    pkgadd -d libpng-1.0.2-sol7-sparc-local

• install compression lib, zlib

    cd /usr/local/tempjkl
    gunzip zlib-1.1.3-sol7-sparc-local.gz
    pkgadd -d zlib-1.1.3-sol7-sparc-local

Unpacking and Installing netpbm

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http://mail-archive.com/latex2html%40tug.org/msg00073.html

     Re: [l2h] netpbm for Solaris (5.7)

          From: Thomas Anders 
          Subject: Re: [l2h] netpbm for Solaris (5.7) 
          Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 02:29:34 -0700 


     On Apr 14, 16:02, Graham Gough wrote:
     > I'm a happy l2h user on my Linux box, but am trying to install it for
     > others on a Solaris machine. I'm having some problems building
     > netpbm using xmkmf. Make Makefiles fails [...]

     There's more than one way to do it ;) - IIRC, all you have to do is:
     - unpack netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz (note the "p1"!)
     - "cp Makefile.std Makefile" in every directory (use Makefile.gcc in
        libtiff/)
     - edit these Makefiles to adjust install destinations (INSTALLBINARIES,
       INSTALLMANUALS{1,3,5})
     - edit pbmplus.h: #define RGB_DB  "/usr/openwin/lib/rgb.txt"
                       #define SYSV
                       #define PGM_BIGGRAYS
                       ... and whatever else you need ...
     - some minor bugfixes:
       - in pgm/Makefile: "pgmkernel" should belong to MATHBINARIES instead of
         PORTBINARIES
       - in pnm/Makefile: "pnmsmooth" should belong to PORTBINARIES instead of
         SCRIPTS
     - make binaries && make install.bin install.man

      This is all from the top of my head. Use at own risk.
     


     HTH,
     Thomas

     --
     Thomas Anders 
     Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin, Germany
==========================================================

• unpacked netpbm source

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl
     gtar zxvf netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz

• patching Makefile files. There are some inconsistencies in the Makefiles. I edited each Makefile to make sure that:

       CC =            gcc -ansi -pedantic -fpcc-struct-return
       INSTALLBINARIES =       /usr/local/netpbm
       INSTALLMANUALS1 =       /usr/local/man/man1
       INSTALLMANUALS3 =       /usr/local/man/man3
       INSTALLMANUALS5 =       /usr/local/man/man5

• top directory:

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl/netpbm-1mar94.p1
     cp Makefile.std Makefile

• libtiff

     cd libtiff
     cp Makefile.gcc Makefile

  No editing was needed in the Makefile
• pnm

     cd ../pbm
     cp Makefile.std Makefile

• pgm

     cd ../pgm
     cp Makefile.std Makefile

  In addition, in the Makefile moved pgmkernel from PORTBINARIES to MATHBINARIES.
• pnm

     cd ../pnm
     cp Makefile.std Makefile

  In addition, in the Makefile moved pnmsmooth from SCRIPTS to PORTBINARIES
• ppm

     cd ../ppm
     cp Makefile.std Makefile

  No major corrections beside the common ones.
• Compiling and Installing netpbm:

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl/netpbm-1mar94.p1
     make binaries
     make install.bin
     make install.man

Few missing pieces

• pnmtopng -- another image format convertor:

  
     cd /usr/local/tempjkl
     wget ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/depot/solaris/Graphics/pnmtopng-2.34.tar.gz
     gtar zxvf pnmtopng-2.34.tar.gz
     cd pnmtopng-2.34

  Edited Makefile in the following way:

       # CC=cc
       CC=gcc
  
       # LIBPNG=../libpng
       LIBPNG=/usr/local/lib
       # ZLIB=../zlib
       ZLIB=/usr/local/lib
       # NETPBM=../netpbm
       NETPBM=/usr/local/tempjkl/netpbm-1mar94.p1
  
       # INSTDIR=/Users/Willem/Unix
       INSTDIR=/usr/local/netpbm

  and then:

     make all
     cp -p pnmtopng pngtopnm /usr/local/netpbm
     cp -p pngtopnm.1 pnmtopng.1 /usr/local/man/man1

  The local copy of pnmtopng-2.34.tar.gz is available here: ftp://ftp.ccl.net/pub/chemistry/software/Unix/latex2html/pnmtopng-2.34.tar.gz
• giftool -- while I am including it here, it is a shareware and you need to pay $10 for each machine you install it on. The giftrans below can also be used by latex2html, so I deleted giftool after installation. I give instructions here for those of you who want it, however.

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl
     wget http://www.the-labs.com/GIFTool/giftool.tar.Z
     mkdir giftool
     cd giftool
     gtar Zxvf ../giftool.tar.Z

  Edit Makefile and change cc to gcc, i.e., CC=gcc.

     make
     cp giftool /usr/local/bin

• giftrans -- converts regular GIF to GIF with transparent background.

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl
     mkdir giftrans
     cd giftrans
     wget http://ftp.sunet.se/ftp/pub/www/utilities/www-tools_uni-karlsruhe/giftrans/giftrans.1
     wget http://ftp.sunet.se/ftp/pub/www/utilities/www-tools_uni-karlsruhe/giftrans/giftrans.c
     gcc -o giftrans giftrans.c
     cp giftrans /usr/local/bin
     cp giftrans.1 /usr/local/man/man1

Finally the latex2html install

• Visit the site: http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~latex2ht/ and click on Documentation. Pick up this one:

     http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/l2h/docs/manual/
     The official manual provided by the primary LATEX2HTML author, Ross Moore
  

  Click on the link above, and then choose: A Postscript version available (which is linked to: http://www-texdev.mpce.mq.edu.au/l2h/docs/manual.ps.gz) and download it. Keep it, and print it sometime later when you are ready to use latex2html. The installation instructions in the PostScript manual do not refer to the version which you have right now. However, manual has a lot of important information on proficient use of the software, so you will need it when you are ready to use the software.
• Visit page http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~latex2ht/ again, but now click on Download. You will be transfered to the directory: http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~latex2ht/current/. Get the file:

      latex2html-99.2beta6.tar.gz   14-Apr-2000 07:15   1.0M  

  i.e., the URL: http://saftsack.fs.uni-bayreuth.de/~latex2ht/current/latex2html-99.2beta6.tar.gz. I am providing the local copies of these two files here:

     manual.ps.gz
     latex2html-99.2beta6.tar.gz

  but you should check the original sites, since they may have some newer, better version.
• Unpack the latex2html package:

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl
     gtar zxvf latex2html-99.2beta6.tar.gz

  Carefully read the INSTALL file (/usr/local/tempjkl/latex2html-99.2beta6/INSTALL).
• Check if you have all programs which latex2html needs to run.

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl/latex2html-99.2beta6
     ./configure --help

  This will list all options defined in the configure script. you should have all the software installed (and available in the PATH which is listed in the lines:

     --with-somesoftware=PATH

  Now, use which or whence (depending on the shell you are using) and check if you can access the codes. For example, in my case, I could:

  which gs
     /usr/local/bin/gs
  
  which dvips
     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/dvips
  
  which latex
     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/latex
  
  which pnmcrop
     /usr/local/netpbm/pnmcrop
  
  which tex
     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/tex
  
  which initex
     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/initex
  
  which kpsewhich
     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/kpsewhich
  
  which mktexlsr
     /usr/local/teTeX/bin/mktexlsr
  
  which pnmflip
     /usr/local/netpbm/pnmflip
  
  which ppmquant
     /usr/local/netpbm/ppmquant
  
  which  pnmfile
     /usr/local/netpbm/pnmfile
  
  which pnmcat
     /usr/local/netpbm/pnmcat
  
  which pbmmake
     /usr/local/netpbm/pbmmake
  
  which ppmtogif
     /usr/local/netpbm/ppmtogif
  
  which pnmtopng
     /usr/local/netpbm/pnmtopng
  
  which giftrans
     /usr/local/bin/giftrans

  Note that I deleted the giftool. If one or more programs are not found, you need to install them. Another possibility is that your PATH variable is not set correctly. You may need to do something like this:

      PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin
      export PATH

  if you are using the Bourne type shell (e.g., ksh, sh), or

      setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin

  of you are using csh or tcsh.
• configure Makefiles needed to build the latex2html:

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl/latex2html-99.2beta6
     ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/latex2html 

  If you did not get complaints like: not found, or something, you are ready to compile. Note that this will make latex2html reside under /usr/local/latex2html after installation. You may be tempted to put it under /usr/local but be warned that it will clutter it with a lot of strange files.
• compile and install latex2html:

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl/latex2html-99.2beta6
  
     make
  
     make check

  if no horrors, you are ready to install latex2html. First, edit the file l2hconf.pm in the top directory, by and changing LOCAL_ICONS from 0 to 1, i.e., to be:$LOCAL_ICONS = 1;. While it will waste some disk space (the common icons will be added to each translated document), the advantage is that you are not in any way dependent on where you put your document in the Web tree. Otherwise, you would have to have a special directory for icons, which would hold common icons. If you wanted to give your friend your paper to put on his web site, or view it as a file:///someting on the laptop, there would be unsatisfied images on your pages. Now, put the files where they belong:

     cd /usr/local/tempjkl/latex2html-99.2beta6
     make install

You installed latex2html and now what?

  echo ${PATH}
  echo ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}

   if [ "$PATH".r = ".r" ]; then
     PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/latex2html/bin 
   else
     PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/latex2html/bin 
   fi
   export PATH
   if [ "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH".r = ".r" ]; then
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
   else
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/lib
   fi
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

   if ( ${?PATH} == 1 ) then
     if ( ${PATH} == "" ) then
       setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/latex2html/bin
     else
       setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/latex2html/bin
     endif
   else
     setenv PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/local/netpbm:/usr/local/latex2html/bin
   endif
   if ( ${?LD_LIBRARY_PATH} == 1 ) then
     if ( ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} == "" ) then
       setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
     else 
       setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH ${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/lib
     endif 
   else
     setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib
   endif

Of course, you can be nice, and do it for everybody by adding it to the end of /etc/profile, and /etc/.login; respectively (but make them simpler, since here you know what is set an what is not set in these files by looking at them).

Now try it...
If L^AT_EX document is called mypaper.tex, you just do:

   latex mypaper.tex
   latex mypaper.tex
   latex2html mypaper.tex

This is a version which does not use GIF images by default, but uses a new (better) format, called PBM (Portable BitMap). While this format is supported by all newer browsers, you may still want to use GIFs to by portable. In this case, you may force latex2html to produce transparent GIFS as output:

   latex2html -image_type gif -transparent mypaper.tex