Last made using MikTeX2.9 on Win7.
Build profile should be tex -> dvi -> ps -> pdf (because pstricks package is used).


To build 'manually,' execute


latex --shell-escape bierbook.tex
dvips bierbook.dvi
ps2pdf14 bierbook.ps

latex --shell-scape seshbook.tex
dvips seshbook.dvi
ps2pdf14 seshbook.ps

packages needed (Debian) are:
pstricks
ghostscript
texlive-bin
texlive-fonts-extra (for ygoth)