On Thursday 05 August 2010 21:09:02 William Immendorf wrote: > Try looking at the ticket for Texlive: > http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/2480 > > Specifally, Randy's notes, and my notes as well. They are very helpful. > > Also, to build XZ Utils, use the BLFS Wiki page:
many thanks for the links. I am trying to follow your suggestion and what I can glean from the cblfs build of texlive-2008 which gave fairly detailed instructions. The points I would like some clarity on are:- POINT 1: are additional stuff from tug.org necessary and if so where to put them:- For the build I am planning, I downloaded these tarballs from (ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/2009) --------1-----(a) texlive-20091107-texmf.tar.xz --------1-----(b) texlive-20091107-source.tar.xz --------1-----(c) cover2009.zip --------1-----(d) TexCollections2009-Setup.zip Are (c) and (d) necessary and where do they go? POINT 2: are so-called 'format files' still necessary or useful? For prior preparation for a cblfs/texlive-2008 build (http://cblfs.cross-lfs.org/index.php/TeXLive) I had also downloaded stuff from PurdueUniversity cblfs-described as ('format files' ):- --------2----TEXLIVE_TEXMF --------2----TEXLIVE_FONTS I am unsure if these are still useful. IF these 'format files' are still necessary/useful could you or anyone else on list advise if prior to running sh configure they are placed in the texlive-20091107- texmf directory or otherwise ? POINT 3: Is /usr/bin/man destroyed for installations ! in /usr ? Your-discussion on blfs-dev suggests that /usr/bin/man is overwritten by installing texlive-2009. If one is not installing in /usr OR if one sets --mandir=/whatever is this still so? yours sincerely luxInteg -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
