Paul A. Rubin wrote:
> TeXLive takes some adjusting to for us MiKTeX users.  :-)  Whereas
> MiKTeX bundles most of the LaTeX packages individually, TeXLive bundles
> clusters of them in one package.  For instance, subfigure is in
> texlive-latex-extra (as are wrapfig and nomencl).

This is of course only true for some distribution repackaging of TeXLive, not 
for TeXLive proper.

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> 2.  There's a port of the MiKTeX package manager for Linux.  Last I
> checked it still lacked a graphical interface, so you have to run it
> from a terminal.  The advantage is that you can install individual
> packages as needed.  Note that, unlike MiKTeX on Windows, you can't use
> it to install missing packages on the fly.

TeXLive 2008 has a package manager as well, including a GUI, that lets you 
install and update individual packages. The only thing it doesn't, as opposed 
to MikTeX PM, is on-the-fly-installing.

Jürgen

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