On 2014-01-12 20.06, akhiezer wrote: >> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 16:02:13 +0000 >> From: [email protected] (akhiezer) >> To: BLFS Support List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [blfs-support] No latex command? texlive-20130530 >> > . > . >> >> Reading the blfs-svn-texlive page >> ('http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/pst/texlive.html') again, >> I'm >> again wondering if the "At this point the installation is complete. If >> building from source is desired, extract the source package as usual and >> continue." is perhaps slightly misleading (no offence to anyone if that >> impression is wrong): for, e.g., for cmmi install I'd kindof expect you >> might >> still need to do the 'pathappend' stuff shown above that point in the page. >> > > > (Am also now wondering if am not grokking exactly what sequence of commands > that page is wanting the user to do, for a cmmi install.) > > >> > . > . >> > > > - you might want to compare'n'contrast with how texlive is built in the > following ( slackware.org.uk , slackbuilds.org , & rlworkman are all > well-regarded sources):
> ==== > * http://slackware.org.uk/people/rworkman/sources/14.1/texlive/ > The central file is './texlive.SlackBuild' . > (NB there's 3 main tarballs; and look at e.g. what './texlive.SlackBuild' > says re the '..-extra..' & '..texmf..' tarballs. > NB also the patches re paths.) > Same dirtree, hosted on alt server: > http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/office/texlive/ > == > * The 'texi2html', 'libsigsegv', & 'texscythe' (the first two are simple > installs [should you need them], and you almost certainly don't need to > install 'texscythe') referred to, are avail on same servers, via: > > - http://slackware.org.uk/people/rworkman/sources/14.1/texi2html/ > ( == http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/development/texi2html/ ) > > - http://slackware.org.uk/people/rworkman/sources/14.1/libsigsegv/ > ( == http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/libraries/libsigsegv/ ) > > - http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.1/misc/texscythe/ > > == > * ( http://slackbuilds.org/result/?search=tex&sv=14.1 ) > ==== > > > (NB am not 'trying' to push this - & likewise in other threads - away from > b/lfs to slack: am just trying to hopefully help clarify; and the > external-to-blfs *nix resources that I know best, are slackware (& openbsd).) That is a good idea. I will check. Meanwhile, I am on tlbuild list as well. I am using a binary installed Texlive on Debian 7, for the time being. It works fine. I might also run the Texlive installer from BLFS book. > > > > hth, > akhiezer > > > > > > -- > -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
