TeX Live - setup for installation on ChromeOS

Before installing TeX Live on ChromeOS, its Linux Development Environment needs to be configured.

1. Open the Settings pane and locate the Linux Development Environment choice.

   On some ChromeOS systems, it is located under:

   Settings > About ChromeOS > Linux Development Environment.

On others, it is located at:

Settings > Advanced > Developers > Linux Development Environment.

Here's a screenshot of the first case; the second is similar:



2. Then click on either Set up or Turn On, whichever you have, and then finish the setup by choosing a login and a disk size.

3. Then click Install which will proceed to set up the environment.

   

4. The installation will finish by offering you a Terminal Window, looking something like this:

   

   If the Terminal window gets closed for any reason, you can re-open it by going to the Applications menu and choosing Terminal, and then choosing Penguin.

5. At this point you can do a couple things to make the installation easier. In the terminal window, do:
   1. sudo apt-get install wish
   2. sudo mkdir /usr/local/texlive
   3. sudo chown yourusername:yourusername /usr/local/texlive
      (where yourusername is your login name).

   The installation of wish here is needed (only) for the GUI version of the installer.

6. Proceed to downloading, unpacking, and running the TeX Live installer, as explained in the Unix quick install instructions.