[tex-live] Linux install oddities

Peter Flynn pflynn at imbolc.ucc.ie
Fri Feb 21 12:19:18 CET 2003


> 
> >
> > You should make sure that
> > is added to your PATH for future sessions.
> >
> 
> Your users need to know the PATH for the binaries 

So do I! :-)

> (I think they are in /usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux/

What I wanted to know was why the installation routine didn't
include this info in the output quoted above (after the word
"that" at the end of the first line of the message. 

> > Oops. Did something get left out if I do what appears to be an
> > all-defaults install?
> 
> No, you just need to do the above

No, no. Someone needs to fix the script so that it echoes the path
to the terminal when it finishes,

> > And where has it hidden the binaries?
> 
> /usr/TeX/bin/i386-linux

No it's not:

# ls -l /usr/TeX
total 24
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root         4096 Feb 20 14:34 FAQ
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb 20 14:34 info
drwxr-xr-x    6 root     root         4096 Feb 20 14:34 man
drwxr-xr-x   25 root     root         4096 Feb 20 14:49 texmf
drwxr-xr-x    8 root     root         4096 Feb 20 14:26 texmf-local
drwxrwxrwx    6 root     root         4096 Feb 20 14:26 texmf-var
#

There is a bug somewhere if you install with all defaults: it not
only outputs all those messages about /usrgroups/ but doesn't seem
to install any binaries.

///Peter



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