On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:25:25AM +0000, Ankur Sinha wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 10:45:00 +0000, Ian McInerney wrote:
> > Tex isn't really the best example for the insane package numbers (since the
> > main Tex system, CTAN, actually does define them as separate packages). It
> > would be interesting to know if anyone actually does just install one or two
> > rather than all... I know that I usually just install all of them on new
> > systems.
> 
> Oh, I almost never install the whole thing. I install whatever packages
> I need only, taking advantage of the great packaging work that the
> maintainers have put in.

Yeah, me too. I usually run latex/xelatex/whatever, read any errors,
and just do dnf install -y tex(foobar.sty) as needed. For a handful
of required imports this works fine.

Zbyszek
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