I downloaded the most current zip file for the 'bidi' package from CTAN and attempted to build it.
First I ran sudo latex bidi.ins
which ran with no errors. Next, I ran this: sudo latex bidi.dtx
which throws this error:
! Fatal fontspec error: "cannot-use-pdftex"
and indicates either XeLaTeX or LuaTeX must be used instead to build it. So I tried this:
sudo xelatex bidi.dtx
which throws this error:
! fontspec error: "font-not-found"
!
! The font "Minion Pro" cannot be found.
Seems odd this package should look for a specific font.
I tried installing the bidi package through a texlive package available through the Debian (XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99996 TeX Live 2016/Debian for stretch and jessie) package installer, but that version of bidi throws errors like this one when run with XeLaTeX:
! LaTeX Error: Command \XeTeX already defined.
Can anyone point me to a version of bidi that actually works?
Thanks
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package. If you have created thesty
file, the package is available.TeXLive
net installer, which allows for updating the whole TeX distribution at any time (apart from the period where TL is frozen from April to June)