[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I had asked about this before; and it was pointed out that tetex in
>> general is dead. It would be a good thing to compile texlive for
>> Angstrom, but that is beyond my skill level.
>
> With the other distributions : Sharp, Cacko, PdaXrom,
> there is the same problem.
> So, on my PdaXrom I made a compilation in local, on the
> Zaurus : download, some few modifications, ./configure,
> make world.
> Why don't try this solution ?
I did, without success, in Angstrom. I have compiled TeX distributions
before, and they were somewhat complicated. I also tried to set up
bitbake, but again without success.
I see that others on your discussion list had difficulties, also with
compiling lyx in Angstrom (extant, but not stable, in angstrom).
Another home-grown solution would be to use the armel texlive debian
packages. Installing them by hand and fixing dependency problems will
be a hassle, but I think it will be doable.
The point, in my mind, of a distribution is to make a useful
installation available with somewhat coordinated, simplified
installation. Angstrom aims at this, and it certainly installs nicely
and the main components work well. But usability is limited, and since
so few people are engaged in active development, there are too few (to
me) critical apps available.
Since the number of users of these machines is not growing, the
situation of a palmtop/pda-based distribution is not likely to improve.
Both the Angstrom/OZ developers, and those working on pdaXrom, have
done great things in terms of making the machines functional, but I
think a better final solution will be a system that uses a major
distribution for packages, limiting development to the machine-specific
components such as the kernel, x server, and modules.
I just went that way, with titchy linux, and I now have fully functional
texlive, firefox, thunderbird, lyx, etc., on my zaurus. Titchy is just
a wrapper to interface between the machine and debian-arm (armel would
be better, though).
Angstrom could move in this direction, and relieve package
creation/maintenance issues, by configuring dpkg (which already exists
on angstrom) to work properly, and to use installation information from
the ipkg system. Then those of us who want a package can go to your
local debian-armel mirror. The binaries are fully compatible.
--
David L. Johnson
You will say Christ saith this and the apostles say this; but what
canst thou say?
-- George Fox.
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