VnPenguin wrote: > On 11/14/05, Gunnar G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use teTeX in my Linux machine and the only thing I miss is a command line > > interface program that I can run as root and where I can browse installed > > and not installed packages, just like in the online catalogue. In this > > program I wish to be able to select what extra packages to install or > > remove. A command to update the installation would also be great. > > Are you dreaming ? :-) Some functions like this could be found with > mikTeX (Win32 TeX distribution, via a GUI) IIRC, but not for teTeX. > > IMHO, Installation/uninstallation TeX packages is not a _daily_ job.
if it's a rare requirement, people won't remember from one time to the next how to do it, so the problem remains in perpetuity. > So a such soft has no so many useful. But maybe there is someone > already do some thing about this idea for teTeX ? have you _tried_ explaining package installation to anyone else? writing such instructions (with exceptions left, right, and centre) has led me to believe that an installer is needed. i've even spent a little time thinking about how it might work. but now, the miktex package manager is "available for unix" (www.miktex.org/unx) and when i've a bit of continuous spare time i'm going to be investigating it thoroughly: this is something i believe we need. and here we have it, dished up by a public-spirited person who just happened to have the basic thing there to start with.
