Hello, i just read in [1] rmull Is texlive still what people prefer for latex? 16:49 [1] http://irclogs.shortcircuit.net.au/%23crux/2015-03-20.log.html#t16:49:05 and thought you could possibly be interested in kerTeX[2]: "This is a TeX kernel system providing what everything is based upon: Donald E. Knuth's Digital Typography system; with some useful additions." I never tried it (i only have the "bundle" for the hopeless case that i ever will be able to revive our TeX package), but it claims to provide a package system, which in turn offers latex.sh ("Installation of LaTeX on kerTeX (including documentation). Generates latex(1) (TeX engine) and elatex(1) (e-TeX engine)."). [2] http://kergis.com/en/kertex.html I have no idea how hard it is to integrate into a CRUX usage scheme, though. I do think it is not unlikely that Thierry Laronde would help if being asked, he seems to be a friendly person. And i always liked the idea of having a minimal and self-contained TeX around (have i yet stated that i'm still dreaming of being able to revive our own TeX package). So please don't ask me no questions, but maybe you want to have a look if you are searching an alternative. Ciao, --steffen
Hello Steffen, On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Steffen Nurpmeso <sdaoden@yandex.com> wrote:
rmull here - thank you for the pointer. I ended up doing a network install of texlive starting from instructions located on the Arch wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TeX_Live#Alternative:_TeX_Live_network_... With the network installation script, one can configure their texlive distribution to be as minimal ~40-60 MBytes. I wasn't exactly sure which packages I needed but I ended up with something like 120MBytes of on-disk footprint. Additionally, a package manager called 'tlmgr' is installed that can help the user install additional packages on the fly as needed. The entire procedure was quite simple. It's completely outside of CRUX's management at this time, and I have no plans to make a Pkgfile. The network install script presents a textual menu that can be used for choosing which options should be included, and there is nothing like this, as far as I am aware, packaged for CRUX. That's good enough for me because it's not the only non-managed software I have installed - it all just lives in /usr/local and doesn't clutter up my system much. Regards, Ryan
Ryan Mullen <rmmullen@gmail.com> wrote: |Hello Steffen, | |On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Steffen Nurpmeso <sdaoden@yandex.com> |wrote: |> [2] http://kergis.com/en/kertex.html | |rmull here - thank you for the pointer. I ended up doing a network install |of texlive starting from instructions located on the Arch wiki: | |https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TeX_Live#Alternative:\ |_TeX_Live_network_install Just like you wrote. |With the network installation script, one can configure their texlive |distribution to be as minimal ~40-60 MBytes. I wasn't exactly sure which |packages I needed but I ended up with something like 120MBytes of on-disk |footprint. Additionally, a package manager called 'tlmgr' is installed that |can help the user install additional packages on the fly as needed. The |entire procedure was quite simple. Sounds great as you end up on the ceiling of and embedded in TUG.org. Pretty small, too. |It's completely outside of CRUX's management at this time, and I have no Whatever i tried to say with that at first hand.. pfff. From the IRC log it took 30 minutes until you got there? I think writing the mails took me that much :) (And yours is working...) |plans to make a Pkgfile. The network install script presents a textual menu |that can be used for choosing which options should be included, and there |is nothing like this, as far as I am aware, packaged for CRUX. That's good |enough for me because it's not the only non-managed software I have |installed - it all just lives in /usr/local and doesn't clutter up my |system much. | |Regards, |Ryan Ciao, --steffen
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