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equaeghe
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 Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:09 pm Post subject: MikTeX package manager for gentoo[solved: ebuild now exists] |
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Hi,
Did anyone try to install the miktex package manager for unix systems on a gentoo system?
(This is like portage, a package management system, but specifically for a TeX system.)
More info via <http://www.miktex.org/unx/>.
I got stuck during the installation process, I think because I'm trying to install it as a user, and it wants to install stuff (libraries) in /usr.
Erik
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narcis
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| Nope. I was lazy and used the TeX LiveCD. No trouble at all. |
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equaeghe
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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No hiccups in the installation?
Did you remove (or never install at all) teTeX? |
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irondog
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What's wrong with Tetex?
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equaeghe
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Outdated packages (even with teTeX 3), no easy way to upgrade packages, some nice packages missing (because not free enough,...). TeX Live seems much more comprehensive and up-to-date at first glance, but no e-build(s) are available.
The (La)TeX community is very active; useful bugfixes/enhancements to packages are very common. Testing is painless with a good package manager. MikTeX on windows is superb in this regard. Its package management is being ported to Unix, but this is still in beta and no e-build is available. |
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narcis
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| equaeghe wrote: | | Did you remove (or never install at all) teTeX? |
Never installed any TeX distribution at all.
| equaeghe wrote: | | No hiccups in the installation? |
Regarding MikTeX/teTeX? See above.
Regarding the live DVD, all you need is download the image and put it somewhere. They have an installer script that has to be run once, this installs their scripts into the various locations on the system. Afterwards you just have to pop in the DVD whenever you want to use it and mount it, then everything works like it should.
I put the DVD image into my data partition and created an entry in /etc/fstab that mounts it via loop. You can enable (La)TeX support via two mouse-clicks in Konqueror then (using the Media tab).
Since I don't use any fancy packages and since I don't care about fiddling around and updating the TeX tree by hand, this solution is the best for me. |
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V-Li
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:58 am Post subject: |
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The MiKTeX Package Manager or MiKTeX Tools for Unix is just a manager no complete TeX system, so you can use for the care of your teTeX installation by upgrading packages out of the MiKTeX repository. That's what I did with the Windows version so now I have no reason left to start Windows again...
I provided an ebuild (very crude) in Bugzilla for Beta 3 of the MPM
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niknik
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| for some reason I seem unable to start mpm in "windowed mode". I type mpm, and nothing happens. Any ideas why? |
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V-Li
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It's a command line program, so starting it from a graphical interface like the Gnome application starter is like calling tar from there.
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niknik
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: |
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i tried to invoke it on the console, expecting to get
windowed
MPM shows a package list view with standard GUI controls (such as tool bar buttons and command menus).
as described in the man page. However i overlooked the following small note:
WINDOWS SPECIFIC
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equaeghe
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Now there is an ebuild, my initial request is fulfilled.
Will mark as solved. |
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