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latex problem with Sweave output file under Debian

> Could someone tell me how to end the trouble I'm encountering when
  > running latex on the .tex file produced by Sweave()? Sweave() seems to
  > process the example file
  > (http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~leisch/Sweave/example-1.Snw) without
  > problems, and the file example-1.tex produced is the same as in the Sweave
  > manual. However, when I run latex on example-1.tex, many error messages
  > and requests for user input are generated (below). And when I view the
  > .dvi that eventually results with xdvi it is empty apart from a small
  > graphic containing the box plot that shouldbe there; there is no text.
  > latex produces apparently perfect .dvi files when the .tex files are 
  > not produced by Sweave.

[...]

  > ! LaTeX Error: File `ae.sty' not found.

  > Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
  > or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

  > Enter file name: 

  > ! LaTeX Error: File `fancyvrb.sty' not found.

  > Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
  > or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

  > Enter file name: 


Well, both ae.sty and fancyvrb.sty seem not to be installed on your
system ... probably you don't have the tetex-extra package installed.

.f