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[yvanrichard]

Installing the package on my laptop, I ran into a number of problems. It's fixed now but it might be worth expanding the readme for others. Here are the problems I ran into and how there got solved eventually:

• "sudo apt-get upgrade" failed to update everything needed. It updated few texlive-related things but not all needed. Solved using aptitude instead.
• I needed to get the key to the package from my desktop:
  ssh robin apt-key export 3E07F5B89A690089 | sudo apt-key add -
• I needed to install the package devscripts.
• biber didn't work, failing the "make pkg" command. The problem was my laptop is not x64, the problem seems to have been fixed now.
• The fonts Palatino linotype and Omnes need to be installed.
  • Got Palatino from frank (they are zip files):
    /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palabittf
    /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palabttf
    /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palaittf
    /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palattf
  • Got Omnes from robin by copying /usr/local/share/fonts/Omnes* to my /usr/local/share/fonts

[Philipp-Neubauer]

I just got it to work on my laptop as well, but it wasn't quite as
involved. I tried the steps in the readme but got similar errors for not
having the key to the package. Here's how it worked for me:

• uninstalled texlive completely, added ppa:texlive-backports/ppa, then
  reinstalled using apt-get install texlive-full. Not sure if the texlive ppa
  is necessary in there, but it worked.
• also needed devscripts.
• didn't need to transfer key or fonts to re-install and make it all work...

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Yvan Richard [email protected]
wrote:

Installing the package on my laptop, I ran into a number of problems. It's
fixed now but it might be worth expanding the readme for others. Here are
the problems I ran into and how there got solved eventually:

"sudo apt-get upgrade" failed to update everything needed. It updated
few texlive-related things but not all needed. Solved using aptitude
instead.

I needed to get the key to the package from my desktop:
ssh robin apt-key export 3E07F5B89A690089 | sudo apt-key add -

I needed to install the package devscripts.

biber didn't work, failing the "make pkg" command. The problem was my
laptop is not x64, the problem seems to have been fixed now.

The fonts Palatino linotype and Omnes need to be installed.
-

  Got Palatino from frank (they are zip files):
  /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palabittf
  /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palabttf
  /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palaittf
  /home/finlay/Downloads/download-palattf
  -

  Got Omnes from robin by copying /usr/local/share/fonts/Omnes* to my
  /usr/local/share/fonts

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[klapaukh]

I have expanded the readme with some extra details on what the installation process actually requires. Though it still doesn't address many of the issues Yvan had.