On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Buddha Buck wrote:
> Mark Philips ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: > > > > Are there any problems with mixing non-debian software with a debian > > system? > > Not really. The recommended procedure would be to place it under > /usr/local, and not in the non-local directory structure. > > > > > For example, if I moved to debian, I would want to keep using the ntex > > distribution of tex which I am very happy with, but to my knowledge, it > > is not a debian package. Would there be any problem with doing this? > > I don't think so, as long as ntex will happily live in /usr/local. > Debian does have a TeX distribution which I at least have been very > happy with. What are the differences/advantages of ntex? The only real difference that I have come across is the fact that the eplain macro package is missing from the debian distribution. Joe ps. I currently use the teTeX distribution rather than ntex.
