On Friday, June 14, 2013, stefano franchi wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:03 AM, Rainer M Krug
> <rai...@krugs.de<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'rai...@krugs.de');>
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>> Scott Kostyshak <skost...@lyx.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>> 'skost...@lyx.org');>> writes:
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>> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Rainer M Krug
>> > <rai...@krugs.de<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'rai...@krugs.de');>>
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>> >> As I just recently deleted my local TeX Live installation (which worked
>> >> nicely, but hdd space on notebook and simplicity of maintenance, as
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>> >> 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.
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>> >> Some things I think would be useful in the script:
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>> >> 1) the possibility to switch between local TeX Live installations
>> (2012,
>> >> 2013)
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>> > This will be implemented (that is, when you install you can choose
>> > 2012 or 2013).
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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This is true - but everything can be overwritten. So the default should be
kept.
Cheers,
Rainer
> But perhaps I misunderstood.
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> Cheers,
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> Stefano
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