[tex-live] TL on windows - mashine dependent parts

[Norbert Preining]

Quick answer from iphone, more if possible tomorrow:

* path adjustments:
       tlmgr path <options>
* post actions for menu entries etc
       tlmgr postaction <options>

these are the things that should be run afterwards

Norbert

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On 2012/11/13, at 18:26, Lars Madsen <daleif at imf.au.dk> wrote:

> Hi TL'ers
> 
> For a while I've been wondering about the idea of making a TL install for Windows in a similar fashion as MacTeX. That is, install TL on one windows computer (in the standard location), zip it, move it to another windows, unzip it in the same location, and run some scripts to integrate it into the new Windows.
> 
> Now I'm wondering a bit about parts of a TL installation on Windows, that are specific to that Windows computer.
> 
> Is there more than the font cache to worry about? I was thing about deleting the font cache and rebuilding it on the receiving computer.
> 
> NB: we are talking non specialized installations here. As if one had started the advanced installer and just hit 'Install' without changing any of the defaults.
> 
> 
> 
> /Lars Madsen
> Institut for Matematik / Department of Mathematics
> Aarhus Universitet / Aarhus University
> Mere info: http://au.dk/daleif@imf / More information: http://au.dk/en/daleif@imf
> 
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