[XeTeX] Installation of Texlive on Ubuntu 10.04

[George N. White III]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Juan Francisco Fraile Vicente
<juanfranciscofv at gmail.com> wrote:
> As I have installed ubuntu 10.04 on my computer, I would like to have your
> advice about what is the best way of installing TeXlive at the moment.
> What is working better at the moment? Texlive 2010 or 2009?

Depends on your needs, but in fact you can have both CTAN TL2010 and
Ubuntu's TL on the same
machine, and switch between them by adjusting the path.   There have
been some problems
with the 64-bit xetex, so even if you are using 64-bit Ubuntu and need
xetex you may want to
install a 32-bit CTAN TL2010.

> Is it better to do a full install from the iso file or install everything
> from the repositories of Canonical?
> When I was in Karmic Koala I installed the full Texlive, not from the
> repositories. Everything was ok, I used the TeXworks editor of Jonathan, but
> I tried to install Kile (from source) to give it a try and it was impossible
> for me. I don't know if the situation is different now, so I would like to
> know your opinions about this question, what is the best (I mean, less
> problematic in the future) installation in this distribution.

These days the problems tend to be the ones that only affect certain
hardware or applications.   Many many people rely on Ubuntu and don't
encounter problems, but that may not be much comfort if your hardware
is problematic or a key application misbehaves.

Kubuntu has Kile and okular (which I prefer because evince has problems
displaying plots from R).

-- 
George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia