From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 24 20:29:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A745106564A for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:29:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D8418FC1F for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe15 with SMTP id 15so5421871wwe.31 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:29:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Us8rq36v1ZWncdWhUZRCMBbkcJOXBE79nrzkpm2BDXw=; b=l5aP9jGpLuGZpQ85Q392TLCDgOFD4EKFQeGsmkd+ovixgR9z2EjFAuN7DqkhEnFM4Q xi9Z+3itvPqGEmIokShe+6Ig+tnTztFdoDlruDtu778g7ZPHf7pz7Vz0vwniFdA7zXNn QWFcLz4fPqZ33lk4kc/CZgWxH/Hq6dEtbmxWg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=rDYriq8yyUJNcCakjCZPo1MC14S8PFvCFr80Mu8umsBZCO6+KJ6OZZoLjXYl6mGjsG zfIX6yQWpoqQvnkvvKahAEf27aEC7fZ+jnMV6hmAcFodNX3Vz7Kjp+BvEyAJX+eZdJcJ BmtLFLfO8uZNkUYeucb44kz/+P1Wvs1O7/sSQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.145.146 with SMTP id d18mr5224753wbv.172.1280003346550; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:29:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.165.140 with HTTP; Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:29:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100724200221.GA61380@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20100724200221.GA61380@slackbox.erewhon.net> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:29:06 +0000 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: Roland Smith Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: TexLive on FreeBSD 8.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:29:08 -0000 Thank you Roland, I will download 8.1 Release and attempt it. Thanks your for your advice and for the howto :) Regards, Antonio On 7/24/10, Roland Smith wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 07:51:55PM +0000, Antonio Olivares wrote: >> Dear folks, >> >> Sorry to ask about this since this has been beaten to death many >> times, but I *wonder* why FreeBSD does not have TeXLive as default tex >> installation? > > TeXLive has a _huge_ list of options, and its own configuration/install > script. I guess that makes it hard to port. > >> Is there a foolproof/idiotproof way of installing TeXLive, even from >> source, that does not require one to have tetex? > > I've documented my install (including building the binaries from source) at > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/unix/misc.xhtml#updatingtexlivetoversion2009 > > I've been using TeXLive on FreeBSD for years without problems. > > There are some ports (e.g. auctex for emacs) that require TeX. For those > ports, I patch their Makefiles to use TeXLive. Below is the patch for > auctex's port Makefile; > > ----- auctex port patch ----- > --- Makefile.orig 2009-07-31 15:55:10.000000000 +0200 > +++ Makefile 2009-12-21 16:06:05.000000000 +0100 > @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ > MAINTAINER= hrs@FreeBSD.org > COMMENT= Integrated environment for writing LaTeX using GNU Emacs > > -BUILD_DEPENDS= ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base > -RUN_DEPENDS= ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base > +#BUILD_DEPENDS= ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base > +#RUN_DEPENDS= ${MKTEXLSR}:${PORTSDIR}/print/teTeX-base > > USE_GHOSTSCRIPT=yes > GNU_CONFIGURE= yes > @@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ > MKTEXLSR=${MKTEXLSR} > INFO= auctex preview-latex > > -TEXMFDIR= share/texmf > -MKTEXLSR= ${LOCALBASE}/bin/mktexlsr > +TEXMFDIR= texlive/2009/texmf > +MKTEXLSR= ${LOCALBASE}/texlive/2009/bin/amd64-freebsd/mktexlsr > > NOT_FOR_ARCHS= ia64 > > ----- auctex port patch ----- > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >