[XeTeX] TexLive 2008

[Jonathan Kew]

On 8 Jan 2009, at 16:45, Alan Jones wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I am about to download Tex Live 2008 DVD. I have Xetex installed on my
> Debian machine. apt-get states that it is the latest texlive-xetex
> file.
>
> This is XeTeXk, Version 3.141592-2.2-0.996-patch2 (Web2C 7.5.6)
> %&-line parsing enabled.
>
> Is this the latest distribution, Should I download at all.

That is a TeX Live 2007-based distribution. TL2008 includes a  
significantly newer version of xetex (as well as many other updates),  
but AFAIK is not yet available through the Debian package system.

If you want the newer xetex, you can install TL2008 from the DVD, but  
it won't be managed by apt-get or other Debian package tools, it will  
be a "standalone" TL installation. You may need to update your PATH  
and perhaps other configuration issues manually in this case.

Alternatively, you could ask if anyone has packaged a xetex update for  
Debian, separate from the texlive-2007 packages.

JK