Randy McMurchy wrote: > On 12/3/2011 8:20 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Option 1. Use the upstream installer but suggest the use /opt/texlive >> or some variant instead. >> >> Option 3. Use the upstream installer for a base installation and also >> build the executables and libraries. The LFS built executables, and >> optionally libraries, could then be installed over the downloaded >> executables. This is similar to what we do for JDK. > > Either of these two. However, I'll take a peek at building and > configuring the package and see if we can't get something that > works. I do not think dropping the package from the book is the > proper thing to do when at worst case we can offer the pre- > compiled version as a stop gap. > > I do know that I have installed from source and had things > working once, but I do not know if I still have that installation. > Like I said, I will look into building it and report back.
OK Randy. I updated the procedure to combine options 1 and 3. It is a fairly large departure for the book's general philosophy, but I think it actually will allow users to install with a lot less bandwidth and disk space use. We probably ought to document the major applications in the Contents section: tex, latex, dvips and related dvi*, mf, xdvi, and perhaps weave. Let me know what you think. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
