[OS X TeX] Re: End of i-Installer

[Claus Gerhardt]

Unfortunately I don't have a TeXLive DVD nor a fast internet  
connection (at the moment) to download the compressed files from CTAN  
to burn my own DVD, thus I would like to ask those of you who either  
have the DVD or can burn one quickly to install the unix version of  
TeXLive:

One only needs the bash shell, which is the default shell of the  
newer OS X anyway, or one can easily switch to it, then read the  
installation instructions and use the full install.

TeX will be installed in .../texlive/2005/, i.e., only your old  
binaries will be overwritten. The risks will be minimal - I don't see  
any.

Claus

On Nov 13, 2006, at 19:26, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> TeXlive offers an overview and installation guide which can be  
> downloaded as a pdf file and from which can be learnt that the  
> binaries will be automatically installed according the architecture.
>
> The texconfig script is also straightforward
>
> texconfig paper a4(letter)
>
> I don't see any major hurdles.
>
> Claus
>
> On Nov 13, 2006, at 19:04, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 12.11.2006 um 02:05 schrieb Richard Koch:
>>
>>> This afternoon I discovered that there is a very straightforward  
>>> script to
>>> install the 2005 version of the distribution.
>>
>> It's not only the (La)TeX packages: there are also binaries  
>> needed. Particularly pdfTeX is still developing. The TeX Live CDs  
>> or DVDs contain the binaries, too, but someone had to make them,  
>> presumingly Gerben. Who will be providing them in the future? For  
>> intel and for PPC based Macs.
>>
>> Mpm, the MiKTeX Package Manager, carries in its source most  
>> "utilities" it needs (libmiktex-md5, libmiktex-popt, libmiktex- 
>> zlib, libmiktex-bz2, libmiktex-expat, libmiktex-mspack), so it's  
>> easy to compile, and to install. This seems to be an easy means to  
>> update particular (La)TeX packages. I do not have much experience  
>> with it (microtype), but I hope it makes updating easier, not  
>> having to download every time hundred MB large chunks.
>>
>> And mpm also installs binary packages.
>>
>> Could be a good way is to update the basics from TeX Live CDs or  
>> DVD with this "very straightforward script" and then leave the  
>> remainder to mpm ...
>>
>> --
>> Greetings
>>
>>   Pete
>>
>>   It's not the valleys in life I dread so much as the dips.
>>                     -- Garfield
>>
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