[tex-live] New installer GUI

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Wed Nov 21 12:03:38 CET 2018



Siep Kroonenberg wrote:
>
> ===============================================================================
> Directories customization:
>
>  <1> TEXDIR:       /usr/local/texlive/2018
>      support tree: /usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-dist
>
>  <2> TEXMFLOCAL:     /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
>  <3> TEXMFSYSVAR:    /usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-var
>  <4> TEXMFSYSCONFIG: /usr/local/texlive/2018/texmf-config
>
>  <5> TEXMFVAR:       ~/.texlive2018/texmf-var
>  <6> TEXMFCONFIG:    ~/.texlive2018/texmf-config
>  <7> TEXMFHOME:      ~/texmf
>
>  Note: ~ will expand to $HOME (or to %USERPROFILE% on Windows)
>
> See how much raw power you have been denying yourself by using a GUI
> installer!
>

Ah, but it doesn't expose TEXMF(SYS)DIST, so it's not really offering any advantage over the existing GUI interface ...
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