Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:19:57 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing latest version of LaTeX Message-ID: <20090606071957.GC2714@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <86prdhuazk.fsf@nowhere.org> References: <900923.129.qm@web39101.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <86prdhuazk.fsf@nowhere.org>
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--w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 07:34:07AM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > bf <bf2006a@yahoo.com> writes: >=20 > >> Thanks for the info. I'll have to try to install TeX Live. > > > > This is not trivial, which is one of the reasons it hasn't been done. >=20 > Well *porting* TeX Live is certainly not trivial! But actually > installing it as free-standing software is not too hard. >=20 > Get it from here: >=20 > http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire.html >=20 >=20 > I find that the live installation over the internet works very well - the > links are there on the same page. Everything is installed in its own > directory structure so it is easy to clean out if you need to do so. >=20 > One useful point - in the main menu TeX Live gives the opportunity for the > installer to create symbolic links to its main programs in standard > directories. It is so much easier than doing so by hand!! It is less messy if you just add the path to the TeXLive binaries to the path element of the default profile in /etc/login.conf: default:\ :passwd_format=3Dblf:\ :copyright=3D/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ :welcome=3D/etc/motd:\ :setenv=3DMAIL=3D/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=3DK,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=3DYES,L= C_ALL=3Den_US.UTF-8:\ :path=3D/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /u= sr/local/bin /usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/amd64-freebsd ~/bin:\ :nologin=3D/var/run/nologin:\ :cputime=3Dunlimited:\ :datasize=3Dunlimited:\ :stacksize=3Dunlimited:\ :memorylocked=3Dunlimited:\ :memoryuse=3Dunlimited:\ :filesize=3Dunlimited:\ :coredumpsize=3Dunlimited:\ :openfiles=3Dunlimited:\ :maxproc=3D200:\ :sbsize=3Dunlimited:\ :vmemoryuse=3Dunlimited:\ :priority=3D0:\ :ignoretime@:\ :umask=3D022: Also add the location of the manpages to /etc/manpath.config: OPTIONAL_MANPATH /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/doc/man MANPATH_MAP usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/amd64-freebsd /usr/local/= texlive/2008/texmf/doc/man You should change the paths to match those in your own installation. 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) --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoqGJ0ACgkQEnfvsMMhpyXLCwCdEdXKqYvDH2mCKWvCYxHQJb2N lCoAn08wb9d3tXkUAZ4veZRYVdd115pQ =1Mns -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --w7PDEPdKQumQfZlR--
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