running latex generates "Bad address" error message

[marco atzeri]

On 7/17/2012 6:23 PM, Sven Köhler wrote:
> Am 17.07.2012 16:55, schrieb Keith Lindsay:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I run the command "latex" on the command line, without any command
>> line arguments, I get the following message:
>>
>> -bash: /usr/bin/latex: Bad address

courtesy of MS$. Cygwin uses the system loader.
>
> Read my post from 2 minutes ago:
> Install libpoppler26.
>
>
> But can somebody tell me, why cygwin prints Bad address?
> Also, is ldd /usr/bin/pdftex.exe broken since it didn't print any
> information about missing libraries when cygpoppler-26.dll didn't exist
> on my system?
> Only by accident, I tried "strace pdftex" and a nice windows popped up
> informing me about the lack of cygpoppler-26.dll on my system.
>
>
> Regards,
>    Sven

the correct way is

$ cygcheck /usr/bin/pdftex.exe
[cut]
cygcheck: track_down: could not find cygpoppler-26.dll

Regards
Marco





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