[oi-dev] texlive package

[Aurélien Larcher]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 1:07 PM stes at PANDORA.BE <stes at telenet.be> wrote:

>
> One of the possible ways to install latex is :
>
>   pkg install texlive  (to get the meta-packages/texlive package)
>
> Then run
>
>   install-tl --profile latex.profile
>
> where latex.profile is the profile for LaTeX.
>
> This has the nice feature that it is possible to make "symbolic links"
> from the /usr/texlive/2020 directory to /usr/bin.
> So that you get the /usr/bin/tex, /usr/bin/latex etc.
>
> Another way could be to use:
>
>   pkg install latex
>
> which is built on the build server by the texlive framework;
>
> The build server can run the TeX installer on the prototype area (as build
> user).
>
> There still is a pkgmogrify error but the manifest could be more or less
> OK:
>
>  components/text/latex/Makefile
>  components/text/latex/latex.p5m
>  components/text/latex/latex.profile
>  components/text/latex/manifests/sample-manifest.p5m
>  components/text/latex/texlive.profile
>  make-rules/texlive.mk
>
> where in the latex directory the texlive.profile is used for the
> install-tl.
>
> This way it only downloads the required components, in order to get a
> small latex package.
>

Hi David,
let me know if you need help with testing.

Also I added you as a reviewer to the project, you should be able to edit
the "TeX Project" page.

Kind regards,

Aurélien


> David Stes
>
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