2002-11-2 11:40:22: Begin unzip 2002-11-2 11:40:22: Begin unpack 2002-11-2 11:40:23: Begin cfg 2002-11-2 11:40:47: Begin fds 2002-11-2 11:40:47: Begin id-cc 2002-11-2 11:40:47: Begin id-tx 2002-11-2 11:40:47: Begin make ./create-response.sh: runtest: command not found ./create-response.sh: pdftex: command not found You don't have a working TeX binary installed, but the texi2dvi script can't proceed without it. If you want to use this script, you have to install some kind of TeX, for example teTeX Debian packages. You can do that with this command: apt-get install tetex-bin ./create-response.sh: tex: command not found 2002-11-2 11:42:21: Begin ckdoc 2002-11-2 11:42:34: Begin install 2002-11-2 11:42:36: Collecting results