On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote:
> > Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org> writes: > > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Rainer M Krug <rai...@krugs.de> wrote: > >> > >> As I just recently deleted my local TeX Live installation (which worked > >> nicely, but hdd space on notebook and simplicity of maintenance, as well > >> as the dependency of certain packages on the texlive packages were the > >> causes of the switch), this could tempt me to try it out again. > >> > >> Some things I think would be useful in the script: > >> > >> 1) the possibility to switch between local TeX Live installations (2012, > >> 2013) > > > > This will be implemented (that is, when you install you can choose > > 2012 or 2013). > > I was actually thinking about installing different versions into > different directories, and then being able to switch between different > installed versions. I remember that there was a function in TeX Live to > create or delete links to a specified installation, but I don't remember > what it was. > > Isn't this TL's default behavior (at least on linux)? I mean: a new installation of TeXLive 20NN will not erase the old one, it will just create a new /20NN subtree under /usr/local/texlive. I currently have three such subtrees there: 2010, 2011, and 2012. Which subtree is chosen depends on which dir comes first in the PATH variable. But perhaps I misunderstood. Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org
