* Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070909 01:14]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I am running up-to-date Etch on my desktop. I would like to upgrade to > Lenny recently. > > I wonder the current status of tetex -> texlive transition. Is there > going to be any known problem during the upgrade? Do I need to purge > some related packages in advance? Thank you. > > $ aptitude search ~i~ntetex > i A tetex-base - Basic TeX input files of teTeX > i A tetex-bin - The teTeX programs > i A tetex-doc - The documentation component of the > i tetex-extra - Additional TeX input files of teTeX > > - -- > Cheers, > > Wei Chen > http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/
I am no expert, but I do make extensive use of texlive daily. This matter has been discussed on this list over the past several months (see the list archives). Some have had problems upgrading from tetex to texlive; others have upgraded without difficulty. The approach which I took -- which appears to provide the best guarantee against problems -- is not to upgrade, but simply to completely uninstall tetex (that is, not only uninstall, but also purge the tetex configuration files), and then install texlive. As to the tetex -> texlive transition, there appear to be a few packages which run under tetex but not texlive. I personally have not encountered such packages. However, the fact of the matter is that tetex no longer is supported, so eventually packages which once worked under tetex are going to quit working under tetex. Otherwise, once texlive is installed, it appears to me to work exactly as did tetex. I have no complaints. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
