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. >
what about ia64, sparc64 and the rest? > > I hoped for a true native port for TeXLive > > 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. > What exactly is missing from teTeX? I use latex daily, and so far haven't found a package which is not already included as part of teTeX. Of course, my usage is specific to what I need, it's not exhaustive. If you like TeXLive and it works for you - great. However, the ports tree gives you smooth integration with multiple other ports, e.g. textproc/docproj-jadetex. -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"