-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Russell L. Harris wrote: > * 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. >
Thank you for your response. I shall do accordingly, i.e. purge the tetex related packages and then upgrade, and report the result later. - -- Cheers, Wei Chen http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG4/7lCIqXQV6BF28RAofQAJ94akoYvh5jlPJJMDyohfjDDfWaqACcDrzk 77lBiB7Cd/ELOEoOUkn5uhk= =9pnF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
