Re: [AUCTeX-devel] Problems installing auctex on Windows 10

[Mosè Giordano]

Hi RC,

is there any reason why you're building AUCTeX from source instead of
using ELPA?  See the instructions at
https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/download.html

Bye,
Mosè

2018-04-30 23:10 GMT+02:00 R C <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
> I am trying to install the current version of Auctex in Windows 10. I get
> the following error, related to docstrip,  when I run make. I do have
> Texlive 2018 installed. I would appreciate any help to fix this error.
>
>
> config.status: creating preview.el
> config.status: creating latex/Makefile
>
> Congratulations!  Configuration of AUCTeX is complete.
>
> Type "make" at the prompt to build.
> [03:40 address@hidden [~/src/auctex]
> 562:64 $ make
> (cd latex ; make all)
> make[1]: Entering directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/sd1/src/auctex/latex'
> /usr/bin/tex '\nonstopmode \input bootstrap.ins'
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2017/Cygwin) (preloaded
> format=tex)
>
> (./bootstrap.ins
> ! I can't find file `docstrip'.
> l.1 \input docstrip
>
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
> Please type another input file name
> ! Emergency stop.
> l.1 \input docstrip
>
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on bootstrap.log.
> make[1]: *** [Makefile:74: preview-mk.ins] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/cygdrive/c/Users/sd1/src/auctex/latex'
> make: *** [Makefile:215: texmf] Error 2
> --
> Regards,
> RC
>
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