Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:01:44 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-texlive port Message-ID: <20121010160144.GA13359@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20121010174925.bf530323.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20121010015528.GA29059@shellx.eskimo.com> <CAJ5UdcNPFnpZki64cBPhL-E77MX4bR1irP_%2B-%2BBiiz4NYzpjjA@mail.gmail.com> <20121010130144.GA12086@osx.kode5.net> <20121010174925.bf530323.freebsd@edvax.de>
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[ Polytropon wrote on Wed 10.Oct'12 at 17:49:25 +0200 ] > On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:01:44 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > If you prefer, you can just use the download dvd or netinstall from the > > texlive website. They have provided binaries for FreeBSD. I installed > > the full TeX distribution myself just the other week on FreeBSD 9. So no > > need to use the ports system if you don't want. > > The only remaining problem will be dependencies within the > port management system, e. g. ports requiring a TeX distribution > which defaults to teTeX... > > By the way, would it be possible or desired to introduce a > setting to /etc/make.conf regarding _which_ TeX distribution > to use, e. g. WITH_TEX=texlive (will install TeXlive) or > WITH_TEX=teTeX (will install teTeX) if a dependency of TeX > is requested? That's a very good point. I recall installing something from ports the other day that needed the binary mktexlsr, and I pointed it at my texlive installation by adding the $PATH to root's shell file, but it didn't work out. I had to let it install the tetex port for it to work. I don't mind having more than one TeX distribution on the system but tetex is just so outdated, it would be nice if ports could be set up in a way that they can use texlive if the user has it installed, either from the ports collection itself or from the main texlive site as I have.
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