Author: ken
Date: Tue Jun 23 16:14:01 2015
New Revision: 16159
Log:
Move setting the path for texlive to the beginning of the chapter. This will
mean that the fixups needed to get the 2015 source to work will not need to
specify the PATH to fmtutil-sys and mtxrun, and is consistent with other
packages where we use /opt.
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tex-path.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml
trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Tue Jun 23 15:32:01
2015 (r16158)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml Tue Jun 23 16:14:01
2015 (r16159)
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
<para>June 23rd, 2015</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Move 'Setting the PATH for TeX Live' to the start of
the
+ typesetting chapter. For the binary install this makes no
difference,
+ but for the 2015 source install it will ease the new steps necessary
+ to make latex and context usable.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[fernando] - Update to libevdev-1.4.3. Fixes
<ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6637">#6637</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tex-path.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tex-path.xml Tue Jun 23 15:32:01 2015
(r16158)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tex-path.xml Tue Jun 23 16:14:01 2015
(r16159)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
<title>Setting the PATH for TeX Live</title>
- <para>After the package download is complete, the next step is to make sure
+ <para>Before starting to build TeX Live, set up your PATH so
that the system can properly find the files. If you set up your login
scripts as recommended in <xref linkend='postlfs-config-profile'/>, update
the needed paths by appending to the
@@ -51,11 +51,8 @@
<para>The new paths can be immediately activated by running <command>source
/etc/profile</command>.</para>
- <para>If you arrived here after installing the TeX Live binary and do not
- wish to build from source, your installation is now complete.</para>
-
- <para>Alternatively, if this is a from-source build you can now install
- <xref linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref linkend="biber"/> and <xref
- linkend="xindy"/> if you wish.</para>
+ <para>You should now proceed either to <xref linkend="tl-installer"/> for
+ a binary installation of texlive, or to <xref linkend="texlive"/> to begin
+ installing from source.</para>
</sect1>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml Tue Jun 23 15:32:01 2015
(r16158)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml Tue Jun 23 16:14:01 2015
(r16159)
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@
<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /opt/texlive/&texlive-year; &&
tar -xf ../../texlive-&texlive-version;-texmf.tar.xz -C
/opt/texlive/&texlive-year; --strip-components=1</userinput></screen>
- <para>Now proceed to <xref linkend="tex-path"/>.</para>
+ <para>You can now proceed to <xref linkend="asymptote"/>,
+ <xref linkend="biber"/> and / or <xref linkend="xindy"/> if you
+ wish to complete your texlive installation.</para>
</sect2>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml Tue Jun 23 15:32:01 2015
(r16158)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml Tue Jun 23 16:14:01 2015
(r16159)
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@
the download will depend on your internet connection speed and the
number of packages selected.</para>
- <para>Now proceed to <xref linkend="tex-path"/>.</para>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 role="commands">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml Tue Jun 23 15:32:01 2015
(r16158)
+++ trunk/BOOK/pst/typesetting/typesetting.xml Tue Jun 23 16:14:01 2015
(r16159)
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@
source, or because they only want a part of the package, or perhaps because
they wish to get updates as soon as those are available (the source is only
updated annually, but the binaries and associated TeX files are updated for
- approximately 10 months). These people should follow the <xref
- linkend="tl-installer"/> instructions,. After installing, they can run
+ approximately 10 months). These people should begin at <xref
+ linkend="tex-path"/> and then follow the <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>
+ instructions,. After installing, they can run
<command>tlmgr</command> to update their system.</para>
<para>Most people reading BLFS will wish to build from source. BLFS used to
@@ -34,10 +35,11 @@
to bootstrap the build. Nowadays, we build almost the whole of
<application>texlive</application> <emphasis>without</emphasis> a binary
install,
by adding the separately-packaged texmf files into this build. For this,
begin
- at <xref linkend="texlive"/> which will install most of
+ at <xref linkend="tex-path"/> then go to <xref linkend="texlive"/> which will
+ install most of
<application>texlive</application>, together with <emphasis>all</emphasis>
of the
supporting files. This almost-complete install can then be used to build the
- remaining parts of <application>texlive</application>, <xref
+ remaining parts of <application>texlive</application>: <xref
linkend="asymptote"/>, <xref linkend="biber"/> and <xref linkend="xindy"/>.
</para>
@@ -60,9 +62,9 @@
run a newer version of <application>biber</application> with an older
version of
<application>biblatex</application> it is unlikely to work.</para>
+ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="tex-path.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";
href="tl-installer.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="texlive.xml"/>
- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="tex-path.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="asymptote.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="biber.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="xindy.xml"/>
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