Re: [Gretl-users] compilation error on linux
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Talha Yalta wrote:
I also had troble compiling yesterday. I used to compile OK with the
following configuration command:
./configure --prefix=/opt/gretl --without-gnome --enable-build-doc --with-lucida
But this now gives:
! LaTeX Error: File `lucidabr.sty' not found.
Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)
Enter file name:
I was able to build OK after that. By the way, what exactly does the
--with lucida option?
The --with-lucida option requests the use of the Lucida fonts
(designed by Bigelow and Holmes) in making gretl's PDF
documentation. These fonts are used in the manual as distributed
with gretl. In my opinion they are particularly good-looking, and
they're one of the few sets of fonts available that have a
complete set of properly matching mathematical symbols (like
Knuth's Computer Modern).
The Lucida fonts are not free, however (see
http://www.tug.org/store/lucida/ ), so they are not the default
when building gretl's documentation. lucidabr.sty is the LaTeX
style file required to use these fonts, but it won't do you any
good unless you have the Type 1 fonts themselves (.pfb files).
Allin Cottrell