[OS X TeX] Recommendations for downloading LaTEX
Jan Hegewald
j.hegewald at tu-bs.de
Mon Jan 31 22:31:31 CET 2005
Hello,
Am 30.01.2005 um 21:24 schrieb Maarten Sneep:
[...]
>> because I have fast Internet access only on a Unix box (and a Wintel
>> box, but that´s another story...), I download the i-packages from
>> Gerben´s ftp server and install them on my Mac locally.
>
> I thought of suggesting that option, but you'd be downloading far more
> than you actually need (like the TL2003, TL2004 and TL2005
> distributions that are part of the complete package). Downloading some
> 160 MB, where 'only' some 55 MB is needed, I'd only recommend that
> technique on broadband, not on dial-up.
I only download the i-packages I want, not the whole tree.
--Jan--
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