Re: The current status of tetex -> texlive transition?
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Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * Wei Chen <wchenhk@gmail.com> [070909 01:14]:
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>> Hi,
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>> I am running up-to-date Etch on my desktop. I would like to upgrade to
>> Lenny recently.
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>> I wonder the current status of tetex -> texlive transition. Is there
>> going to be any known problem during the upgrade? Do I need to purge
>> some related packages in advance? Thank you.
>>
>> $ aptitude search ~i~ntetex
>> i A tetex-base - Basic TeX input files of teTeX
>> i A tetex-bin - The teTeX programs
>> i A tetex-doc - The documentation component of the
>> i tetex-extra - Additional TeX input files of teTeX
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>> - --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Wei Chen
>> http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
>
> I am no expert, but I do make extensive use of texlive daily.
>
> This matter has been discussed on this list over the past several
> months (see the list archives). Some have had problems upgrading from
> tetex to texlive; others have upgraded without difficulty.
>
> The approach which I took -- which appears to provide the best
> guarantee against problems -- is not to upgrade, but simply to
> completely uninstall tetex (that is, not only uninstall, but also
> purge the tetex configuration files), and then install texlive.
>
> As to the tetex -> texlive transition, there appear to be a few
> packages which run under tetex but not texlive. I personally have not
> encountered such packages. However, the fact of the matter is that
> tetex no longer is supported, so eventually packages which once worked
> under tetex are going to quit working under tetex.
>
> Otherwise, once texlive is installed, it appears to me to work exactly
> as did tetex. I have no complaints.
>
Thank you for your response. I shall do accordingly, i.e. purge the
tetex related packages and then upgrade, and report the result later.
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Cheers,
Wei Chen
http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
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