[tex-live] Unattended TL install

[Lars Madsen]

Karl Berry wrote, On 2012-08-23 01:18:
> Hi Lars,
> 
>     can a profile be written to simply install everything currently present 
>     in tlnet? Without listing the collections?
> 
> Yes.  Just have a line in the profile:
> selected_scheme scheme-full
> (or whatever scheme you choose) and *no* collection lines.
> 
> You'll also want to set the TEX* directory values, and perhaps
> some of the option* values if you want to override the defaults.
> Of course, the less you need to specify, the more future-proof :).
> 
> For reference, this is mentioned in the description of -profile in
> install-tl --help, aka http://tug.org/texlive/doc/install-tl.html.
> 

thanks

>     Does anyone have experience regarding installing TL via a kind of 
>     Windows deployment?
> 
> Not on Windows, but I routinely do batch installations using different
> profiles when testing.
> 
>     BTW: the documentation states that a TL installation should leave a 
>     .profile of the just installed Tl. We did not find any created via
> 
> If the installation succeeds, it should be in tlpkg/texlive.profile.
> If the installation fails, no profile is written.
> 

so since the installer detected miktex in the system path, the 
installation failed? even though TL was added to (the end of) the PATH, 
menus was added etc...?




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