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Where can I install TeX Live on Gentoo?
My recommendation is to install TeX-Live directly from tug.org. It is possible for every user, you can have different installations parallel available (2011 and 2012 for instance). In the past, I detect a very old package included in one of the Gentoo portage collection. Thanks for contributing an answer to TeX – LaTeX Stack Exchange!
Which is the correct package for TeX Live 2012?
Some gentoo packages contain plenty LaTeX packages other contain some only one package (like ucs). If I remember correctly from my gentoo days, the correct package is simply app-text/texlive, but you have to set all the USE flags to get the entire collection. The list of the USE flags is long, check out texlive-2012.ebuild.
Which is the best way to install TeX Live?
You can install TeX Live either from DVD or over the Internet ( https://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html ). The net installer itself is small, and downloads everything requested from the Internet. The DVD installer lets you install to a local disk.
Can you run TeX Live on a DVD?
The DVD installer lets you install to a local disk. You cannot run TeX Live directly from the TeX Collection DVD (or its .iso image), but you can prepare a runnable installation on, e.g., a USB stick (see section 4.2 ). Installation is described in later sections (p. 11 ), but here is a quick start:
What do you need to know about TeX Live?
TeX Live is a complete TeX distribution with several programs to create professional documents. 2.2 Why this workaround? Add support for several graphics packages (pgf, tikz,…)
How to enable DOC use flag in TeX Live?
To enable the doc USE flag on any TeX Live module automatically, use a wildcard: A full list of installed TeX modules can be shown with the following command: To enable the doc USE flag only for certain modules, add them to /etc/portage/package.use. A quick way of adding them all is by running this command: