discuss: Thread: HugeLatex RPMs (Are There Any?)

Hi There!

Are there any pre-rolled RPMs that already have TeX (that awful, ancient
beast of a system that still thinks computers have less than 64kB of
memory) pre-adjusted? They'd be useful, especially for people who didn't
want to bother fiddling with their TeX installation manually...

Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be a sensible reason why a script
using the kpathsea, sed and a few cats (and dogs even), to do this, so
why hasn't someone written one? 

DSL
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:46:58AM +1030, David Lloyd wrote:
> 
> Hi There!
> 
> Are there any pre-rolled RPMs that already have TeX (that awful, ancient
> beast of a system that still thinks computers have less than 64kB of
> memory) pre-adjusted? They'd be useful, especially for people who didn't
> want to bother fiddling with their TeX installation manually...

I don't know, but if you find out will you let me know? I'd like to
play with TeX but don't have time for a steep learning curve.

> Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be a sensible reason why a script
> using the kpathsea, sed and a few cats (and dogs even), to do this, so
> why hasn't someone written one? 

Can't answer that one.

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Hmmmm...

I might have an attempt at rolling something up although I can't
guarantee it won't break your system :-(

DSL

On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 12:21:16PM +1030, David Lloyd wrote:
> 
> Hmmmm...
> 
> I might have an attempt at rolling something up although I can't
> guarantee it won't break your system :-(

I'll take it. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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Hi,

Have a look at Linux-Mandrake Cooker RPMs.

Camille.

On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, David Lloyd wrote:

> 
> Hi There!
> 
> Are there any pre-rolled RPMs that already have TeX (that awful, ancient
> beast of a system that still thinks computers have less than 64kB of
> memory) pre-adjusted? They'd be useful, especially for people who didn't
> want to bother fiddling with their TeX installation manually...
> 
> Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be a sensible reason why a script
> using the kpathsea, sed and a few cats (and dogs even), to do this, so
> why hasn't someone written one? 
> 
> DSL
>