On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 05:08:16PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > I would advise you to get TeXLive instead, but that is just me. You > > can install from TeXLive DVD, or go get a DVD with packages: > > I would second that. It comes comlete with FreeBSD binaries for i386 and > amd64 in the 2010 release and installing it is really easy. > > > I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive
TeXLive has its own configuration UI because it has a lot of options. It even has its own package manager. I think that makes it a poor fit for the ports infrastructure. > I can't see that it's really necessary. I remember difficulties with the 2009 > release when FreeBSD binaries were not included but now they are the > installation is headache-free. The only problem is that some ports that use *TeX require teTeX from ports. I've gotten around that by patching the port makefiles in question, but I have to re-apply those patches every time those ports are updated. Not that big of a deal, but something to watch out for. 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)
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