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| author |   Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> | 2011-05-18 10:38:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Alexis Ballier <aballier@gentoo.org> | 2011-05-18 10:38:41 -0400 |
| commit | 19b73984ef19f718fa5e377046430c1b3d28058d (patch) | |
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| parent | add lualibs patch (diff) | |
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@@ -1,78 +1,2 @@ -You can find here the modular texlive ebuilds I'm working on. -Unfortunately it is not yet possible to have an overlay that works out of the -box, therefore you'll have to do a few things to be able to install texlive -2007. - -If you're reading this from the Trac web interface, you might want to install -subversion and checkout this overlay : -$ svn co http://overlays.gentoo.org/svn/dev/aballier/ - - -First, download both live and inst isos of texlive from -http://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html -You'll need both, if you have an idea on how to use only one of the isos, just -email me ! - -For example : - -$ cd DOWNLOADDIR -$ wget http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/texcollection/texlive/texlive2007-live-20070212.iso.zip -$ wget http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/texcollection/texlive/texlive2007-inst-20070212.iso - - - -Then, mount the images : the default location is /mnt/texlive-inst for inst iso, -and /mnt/texlive-live for live iso. - -For example (you'll need to be root to mount the images or modify /mnt) - -# mkdir -p /mnt/texlive-live/ -# mkdir -p /mnt/texlive-inst/ -# unzip texlive2007-live-20070212.iso.zip -# mount -o loop -t iso9660 texlive2007-live-20070212.iso /mnt/texlive-live/ -# mount -o loop -t iso9660 texlive2007-inst-20070212.iso /mnt/texlive-inst/ - - -Previously, source.tar.bz2 had to be copied manually, now it is hanled automatically in -the next step; you shouldn't have to worry about it anymore. - - -Once that is done, you have to generate the ebuilds for the modular texmf tree, go -to scripts/texlive/lists subdir and you'll find another README file :) -If you want a simpler approach, just go to scripts/texlive subdir and type make. -It should do the right thing for you if you have mounted the images to the -default location and you are using portage. (it now uses portageq to get the -values of PORTDIR and DISTDIR) - -At this point, it is ok to unmount texlive's isos : - -# umount /mnt/texlive-live/ -# umount /mnt/texlive-inst/ - - - -If you've gone through all those steps, you're ready to install texlive ! -Well, in fact, you're almost ready : -Just append texlive-overlay subdir to your portage overlay, for example, -if you're in a terminal in the directory where this README file is, just type : - -# echo "PORTDIR_OVERLAY=\"\${PORTDIR_OVERLAY} ${PWD}/texlive-overlay\"" >> /etc/make.conf - -Due to some packages being masked globally in the portage tree, you'll need to -unmask them first : -# echo 'dev-tex/xcolor' >> /etc/portage/package.unmask -# echo 'app-text/texlive' >> /etc/portage/package.unmask - - -Now, you should be ready to install texlive : -# emerge texlive - -If you have tetex installed, please read tetex-to-texlive/Howto, it is a short -file that tries to report possible problems that can happen while switching. [ -This file is really incomplete, please report any problem you encountered so -that I can add it there ] - - -Reporting bugs / improvements : Just contact me, aballier@gentoo.org, or on irc -(freenode). Feedback, even if it's just to say "that just worked perfectly" will -be very appreciated, so that I'll know how many people tested it, etc. +TeX Live is now in the portage tree. This overlay is used to store the scripts +used to generate the new ebuilds when a new version comes out! |