From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Jul 31 04:33:23 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD259AD0E3 for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:33:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f170.google.com (mail-io0-f170.google.com [209.85.223.170]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E699EF4A; Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:33:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by iodd187 with SMTP id d187so74191099iod.2; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:33:21 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=references:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id :mime-version:content-type; bh=cFiWcVqmPA0FsHlWsrlLF5i3KGEYf9+i6JJUrU9QVLo=; b=LZ0tMzxDScNGe+FrOUTceZAj1AMleTK2VL7z9TuVtcNFvKr/xj2QK6seqNo9q1M3dB HyIMdaMplw1KyRqDXTGnZ5e9/OLPchXGoUEJ0IfaaEvSCKnt1iOw6DCJ+5P6M8L7FqZs vdecVM8pJsjRkBMElR1/sHuPoXWSESeBB1433u+gi4FYLW6Pa9AlkqCmOq0a7FuW35Y2 oGn2vUiej0T+4hMVxLIdei+kne0UVs6VGRVvTUbrvjdm5xWjeZ2BvVuKGSxuIcs3DM9/ VHmnVJLxz9SIxlfswD10cUClM07LMOqlAwKyDlfxKHxtiMkJzXa4sWk0bRY7m5ZSj2mf blQw== X-Received: by 10.107.31.77 with SMTP id f74mr1467804iof.8.1438317201493; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (184-100-119-250.mpls.qwest.net. [184.100.119.250]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t66sm2331254ioi.32.2015.07.30.21.33.19 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:33:20 -0700 (PDT) References: <86oait6wuv.fsf@WorkBox.Home> From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: Carmel NY Cc: FreeBSD FreeBSD , hrs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: install missing packages in tex-live In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:33:18 -0500 Message-ID: <86pp39x7xt.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 04:33:23 -0000 Carmel NY writes: > On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:37:12 -0500, Brandon J. Wandersee stated: > > Presently, I have gone back to using MiKTeX with TexStudio on a Windows > machine. That "just works". The official TeX Live installer for also "just works," installing pre-compiled FreeBSD binaries to a self-contained location of your choice. Been using it some time myself without a problem. There doesn't seem to be much interest in maintaining a broad collection of TeX ports in the FreeBSD ports tree. I can't say exactly why not, but if I had to guess I'd say there may be two reasons: 1) The TeXLive packages already present in the ports tree are there primarily because other ports depend on them 2) A perfectly good *official* way of installing, using and maintaining TexLive has existed for a very long time, making a complete ports set superfluous -- ================================================================= :: Brandon Wandersee :: :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: ================================================================== 'A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.' - Douglas Adams ==================================================================