[tex-live] Request - texLive distributions in formats other than iso

[Zdenek Wagner]

2007/12/29, Edd Barrett <vext01 at gmail.com>:
> On 23/12/2007, Poor Yorick <org.tug.tex-live at pooryorick.com> wrote:
> > I would like to install the latest version of texLive to an alternate prefix, so I have downloaded the iso file.  I do not have mount privileges on the target system, and am not aware of any way other than 'mount' to deal with iso imaes on *nix.  I could not find a good open-source tool to extract a file hierarchy from an iso file, so I wrote one:
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/uniso/
>
> I dont know which OS you are running, but usually virtual node devices
> will allow you to mount ISO's.
>
> On OpenBSD use vnconfig. On Solaris use lofiadm.
>
> I seem to remember linux having some -o option to mount for loopback
> devices, but I have not used linux properly in years, so it may have
> changed.
>
This option is described in the documentation of TL but as was already
written, only root can do it. It is possible to put it to /etc/fstab
so that everybody can mount an ISO image but only root can edit
/etc/fstab.

> >
> > But so that people who find themselves in a similar situation (more and more common with compute grids) wouldn't have to go to so much trouble, wouldn't it be reasonable to also release a texLive.tar.{gz,bz2}?
>
> There has been discussion between porters, and I believe it was
> approved for the 2008 release.
>
> >
> > --
> > Poor Yorick
> >
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
>
> Edd
>
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>


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