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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-07 18:53:07 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-07-07 18:53:07 +0000
commitd7624d86613517ef26eaf27d025fc7a708b3b55f (patch)
tree2a707737392dffa49e394e4cb9dbb8bd8369b329 /Master/install-tl
parent34aa92cf74851ea38a18962dd8a2b37ec92c005b (diff)
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@@ -1248,9 +1248,9 @@ install-tl - the TeX Live Cross Platform Installer
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-install-tl [OPTION] ...
+install-tl [OPTION]...
-install-tl.bat [OPTION] ...
+install-tl.bat [OPTION]...
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -1258,50 +1258,51 @@ install-tl.bat [OPTION] ...
=item B<-gui>
-Tries to load the GUI installer using Perl/Tk. If Perl/Tk is not
-available, continues with the text mode installer.
+If possible, use the GUI installer. This requires the Perl/Tk module
+(L<http://tug.org/texlive/distro.html#perltk>; if Perl/Tk is not
+available, installation continues in text mode.
=item B<-no-gui>
-Forces loading the text mode installer.
+Force using the text mode installer.
=item B<-lang> I<2-letter lang code>
-(only for GUI installer) tries to start the installer translated into
+(only for GUI installer) If possible, start the installer translated into
the language specified by the 2-letter language code. Currently supported
languages: English (en, default), German (de), French (fr), Dutch (nl),
Polish (pl) and Slovenian (sl).
=item B<-media> I<[CD|DVD|NET]>
-Overrides the autodetection of the media.
+Override the autodetection of the media.
=item B<-profile> I<profile>
-Preloads a TeX Live profile for repeated installations on different systems.
+Load the I<profile> file for repeated installations on different systems.
=item B<-url> I<url>
-Overrides the default URL for network installs. Must start with either
-C<ftp://> or C<http://>, as it is passed to wget). Trailing C</>
-characters and/or a trailing C</tlpkg> component are ignored. For
-example, you could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like:
+Override the default URL for network installs. Trailing C</> characters
+and/or a trailing C</tlpkg> component are ignored. For example, you
+could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like:
-url http://ctan.example.org/tex-archive/texlive/tlnet/2008
-(Of course a proper hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path
-have to be specified.) The list of CTAN mirrors is maintained at
-L<http://ctan.org/mirrors>. The default is to pick a mirror
-automatically, using L<http://mirror.ctan.org>; one mirror is used for
-the entire download.
+Of course a proper hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path
+have to be specified. (The list of CTAN mirrors is maintained at
+L<http://ctan.org/mirrors>.)
+
+The default is to pick a mirror automatically, using
+L<http://mirror.ctan.org>; one mirror is used for the entire download.
=item B<-netarchive> I<dir>
-Overrides the default settings for netarchive. Should be used with care.
+Override the default settings for netarchive. Should be used with care.
=item B<-diskarchive> I<dir>
-Overrides the default settings for diskarchive. Should be used with care.
+Override the default settings for diskarchive. Should be used with care.
=item B<-no-cls>
@@ -1323,8 +1324,8 @@ Omit normal informational messages.
=item B<-v>
-B<-v> makes installation and the depending modules a bit more verbose.
-Can be given two times (or more) to make them quite verbose.
+Include debugging messages; repeat for maximum debugging, as in C<-vv>.
+(Further repeats are accepted and ignored.)
=item B<--help>, B<-help>, B<-?>