New on CTAN: texlive-dummy-enterprise-linux-7
Date: October 18, 2014 8:10:10 AM CEST
Bob Tennent submitted the
texlive-dummy-enterprise-linux-7
package.
Version date: 2014-10-16
License type: lppl1.3
Summary description: Dummy texlive RPM for use with RHEL 7 and
derived distributions
Announcement text:
The texlive packages available for RHEL-7 (and derived distributions such as CentOS-7) are relatively old (2012) and seriously incomplete. Although it is possible to remove the native texlive packages and install a more recent complete TeXLive distribution, any attempt to install packages that depend on texlive resources (such as a2ps, latex2html, lyx, etc.) will normally trigger the re-installation of the obsolete native packages. This is inefficient and the redundant packages can interfere with the TeXLive resources. This package contains a "dummy" rpm which is intended to satisfy any dependencies on texlive resources, allowing packages like a2ps, latex2html, lyx, etc. to be installed without using --nodeps and without triggering re-installation of texlive rpms. All native texlive packages will be removed when the texlive-dummy package is installed.
This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texlive/texlive-dummy/EnterpriseLinux-7/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texlive-dummy-enterprise-linux-7 We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
The texlive packages available for RHEL-7 (and derived distributions such as CentOS-7) are relatively old (2012) and seriously incomplete. Although it is possible to remove the native texlive packages and install a more recent complete TeXLive distribution, any attempt to install packages that depend on texlive resources (such as a2ps, latex2html, lyx, etc.) will normally trigger the re-installation of the obsolete native packages. This is inefficient and the redundant packages can interfere with the TeXLive resources. This package contains a "dummy" rpm which is intended to satisfy any dependencies on texlive resources, allowing packages like a2ps, latex2html, lyx, etc. to be installed without using --nodeps and without triggering re-installation of texlive rpms. All native texlive packages will be removed when the texlive-dummy package is installed.
This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/texlive/texlive-dummy/EnterpriseLinux-7/ More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/texlive-dummy-enterprise-linux-7 We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
texlive-dummy-enterprise-linux-7 – Dummy TeX Live RPM for use with RHEL 7 and derived distributions
The package provides nothing significant, other than claiming to satisfy the Linux package requirements relating to TeX Live, so that the Linux installation does not automatically haul in TeX Live.
After installation with this package present, the user can install her/his own copy of TeX Live, and take advantage of TeX Live’s own update mechanism.
| Package | texlive-dummy-enterprise-linux-7 |
| Version | 2014-10-16 |
| Maintainer | Bob Tennent |