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<DIV>My OS is both window vista. It seems like more complicated than I thought.</DIV>
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<DIV>Only reason why I want to do this is when I downloaded TexLive 2008 through internet, I've never been completely successful. My old PC with TexLive 2007 has a perfect setting I need, so after some frustration, I thought copy TexLive 2007 from old PC might be a good idea.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV>Steve</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 9/10/09, T T <I><t34www@googlemail.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: T T <t34www@googlemail.com><BR>Subject: Re: [tex-live] Copy TexLive to a new PC<BR>To: "Steve MC Han" <hmc0907@yahoo.com><BR>Cc: tex-live@tug.org<BR>Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 1:41 AM<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>2009/9/10 Steve MC Han <<A href="http://us.mc1107.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=hmc0907@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:hmc0907@yahoo.com">hmc0907@yahoo.com</A>>:<BR>> I want to transfer TexLive from an old PC to a new PC with exactly the same<BR>> setting using an external hard drive. Which file shoud I copy?<BR>><BR>> TexLive, texmf-local and gs<BR><BR>You don't say what OS you use but I see from your older posts that it's Windows.<BR><BR>Assuming you installed in default locations, you need:<BR><BR>%ProgramFiles%\TeXLive\YYYY<BR>%ProgramFiles%\TeXLive\texmf-local<BR>%USERPROFILE%\texmf<BR>%USERPROFILE%\.texliveYYYY<BR><BR>Caveats:<BR>* You will need to add TL to PATH manually<BR>* You will not have desktop/menu shortcuts (unless you copy them as well)<BR>* TL will not show up in Add/remove programs<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Tomek<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>