[Mediawiki-l] TeX not working on fresh install

[Aaron Gray]

> Not sure why, but we had to do a heck of a lot more than that on OSX 
> Server.
> We documented it here...
> http://nutmeg.conncoll.edu/wiki/index.php/Enabling_texvx

Yep, I am now getting the message :-

    Failed to parse (PNG conversion failed; check for correct instillation 
of latex, dvips, gs, and convert):

I have done :-

    yum install ocaml
    cd math; make

    yum install tetex
    yum install tetex-dvips
    yum install ghostscript

But cannot find a 'convert' package

Thanks,

Aaron


> More info here also
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texvc
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Running_MediaWiki_on_FreeBSD
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual_talk:Running_MediaWiki_on_Mac_OS_X
>
> Good luck!
> Frank Fulchiero
> Digital Media Specialist
> Connecticut College
>
>> From: Boris Steipe <boris.steipe at utoronto.ca>
>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] TeX not working on fresh install
>>
>> No, the directories are under "images"
>>
>> create
>>
>> wiki/images/math
>> wiki/images/tmp
>>
>> chmod 777 wiki/images/math wiki/images/tmp
>>
>> should work but chown daemon with 700 permissions seems to work as  well.
>>
>> On 12-Dec-07, at 8:02 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, I cannot get TeX to work.
>>> I have enabled $wgUseTeX and am getting the error message :-
>>>         Failed to parse (Can't write or create math temp directory):
>>> I have created a temp directory under the math directory and have
>>> done a chmod 777 on it.
>>> But still get the error.
>>>
>