Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:02:22 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: TexLive on FreeBSD 8.1 Message-ID: <20100724200221.GA61380@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimyzfTqyemHq2Zf=y%2B%2B6E90yhqn6H0%2BaKz4DFRB@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimyzfTqyemHq2Zf=y%2B%2B6E90yhqn6H0%2BaKz4DFRB@mail.gmail.com>
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--MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 07:51:55PM +0000, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Dear folks, >=20 > Sorry to ask about this since this has been beaten to death many > times, but I *wonder* why FreeBSD does not have TeXLive as default tex > installation? TeXLive has a _huge_ list of options, and its own configuration/install script. I guess that makes it hard to port.=20 > Is there a foolproof/idiotproof way of installing TeXLive, even from > source, that does not require one to have tetex? I've documented my install (including building the binaries from source) at http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/unix/misc.xhtml#updatingtexlivetoversion2009 I've been using TeXLive on FreeBSD for years without problems. There are some ports (e.g. auctex for emacs) that require TeX. For those ports, I patch their Makefiles to use TeXLive. Below is the patch for auctex's port Makefile; ----- auctex port patch ----- --- Makefile.orig 2009-07-31 15:55:10.000000000 +0200 +++ Makefile 2009-12-21 16:06:05.000000000 +0100 @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ MAINTAINER=3D hrs@FreeBSD.org COMMENT=3D Integrated environment for writing LaTeX using GNU Emacs =20 -BUILD_DEPENDS=3D ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base -RUN_DEPENDS=3D ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base +#BUILD_DEPENDS=3D ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base +#RUN_DEPENDS=3D ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base =20 USE_GHOSTSCRIPT=3Dyes GNU_CONFIGURE=3D yes @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ MKTEXLSR=3D${MKTEXLSR} INFO=3D auctex preview-latex =20 -TEXMFDIR=3D share/texmf -MKTEXLSR=3D ${LOCALBASE}/bin/mktexlsr +TEXMFDIR=3D texlive/2009/texmf +MKTEXLSR=3D ${LOCALBASE}/texlive/2009/bin/amd64-freebsd/mktexlsr =20 NOT_FOR_ARCHS=3D ia64 =20 ----- auctex port patch ----- Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkxLRs0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyWsXACfU7xQ76VCGZW8eHZ/dOUQcj9z LboAn0U9N+d2VTbD6FNvU4s3NNYpaDYe =0j9Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--
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