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BdN3504:
I can build the manual using svn and miktex/texnic (a windows latex environment) but the index is missing and the references don't work ('??' is shown instead of pagenumbers). i've never been able to get it working with svn but miktex gave me good results until one or two days ago. i was told to download some odd colours.sty file i think and since then i can't get the manual to build on either platform. to be more precise: the file i am asked to install is xcolor.sty. what is this?

Llorean:
Why aren't you building the manual the way it's supposed to be built?

If you're looking for help for some third party tool, why aren't you asking the providers of it?

BdN3504:
erm, since when is using the svn (../tools/configure;M) third party?
anyhow, i got it to build with my vm. i forgot to execute 'texhash' after the installation. so if you run into some kind of '*.sty file not found' error just search for that file on the web, put it in the latex folder (the exact locations are mostly always mentioned in the read me files for the corresponding packages) and simply type 'texhash'.

AlexP:
xcolor is a package that we are now using to auto-colour the rows in tables.  It is a latex package, and nothing to do with the manual sources or configuring the build in SVN.

GodEater:
..and building with "miktex/texnic (a windows latex environment)" is what Llorean meant by "third party tool". It's not what the manuals which are made available for download are built in.

That being said, if you *do* have an alternative way to build the manual on windows, why not document it and put it in the wiki? I'm sure it'd prove useful to some folks who are scared by linux and cygwin :)

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