Re: [Axiom-developer] Problem building SIlver Axiom on Gentoo Linux

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <address@hidden> writes:

| I'm trying to build Silver Axiom on Gentoo Linux. I downloaded the
| source, unpacked it in a directory with no spaces or uppercase in the
| path, typed "./configure" and "make" just like the instructions specify.
| 
| It starts up OK, but it appears to stop dead making the documentation.
| It's been sitting at the state it's in for at least six hours with no
| apparent activity in either processor or disk. Here's what the console
| looks like:
| 
| 6 finished /home/spad/axiom/src/clef
| make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/spad/axiom/src/clef'
| 42 making /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/Makefile from
| /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/Makefile.pamphlet
| 41 making /home/spad/axiom/src/doc
| make[3]: Entering directory `/home/spad/axiom/src/doc'
| 1 making /home/spad/axiom/int/doc/axiom.bib from
| /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/axiom.bib.pamphlet
| 2 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/bin/tex/axiom.sty from
| /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/axiom.sty.pamphlet
| 3 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/DeveloperNotes.dvi from
| /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/DeveloperNotes.pamphlet
| The root module <<*>> was not defined.
| 4 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/book.dvi from
| /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/book.pamphlet
| 4 making /home/spad/axiom/mnt/linux/doc/bookvol1.dvi from
| /home/spad/axiom/src/doc/bookvol1.pamphlet

Just press the "enter" button several times (you have to do this on
two occasions I think). I suspect this has to do with LaTeX getting
confused while building the bookvol1.  Somethink is wrong
somewhere with bookvol1.tex but I never got to figure out what.

-- Gaby