The general point is that where one is doing server-side document generation, there are sufficient reasons *not* to use external binary blobs with it's own package manager that doesn't talk to or integrate with anything else, which has a short support cycle, and which is statically linked to all its dependencies.
Use of distro packages may not be perfect, but the only two options are that or compiling from source, realistically. Best Wishes, Chris Travers -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
