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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-06-25 00:17:46 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-06-25 00:17:46 +0000
commit7ddd7b09dbcaf57579980d5cc31d1f06370bdbd4 (patch)
tree4b2522aac988bd98c26b29d2aef807b5fa383f35 /Master/install-tl
parent5cead246e354f9372822db7627f74c20a3ebde48 (diff)
platform vs. arch
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@19148 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rwxr-xr-xMaster/install-tl129
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 64 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index b268ce21320..3469697aee1 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -203,19 +203,19 @@ GetOptions(
"from_dvd" => \$opt_from_dvd,
"gui:s" => \$opt_gui,
"lang=s" => \$::opt_lang,
- "location|url|repository|repo=s" => \$opt_location,
+ "location|url|repository|repo=s" => \$opt_location,
"no-cls", # $::opt_no_cls in install-menu-text-pl
"no-gui" => \$opt_no_gui,
"non-admin" => \$opt_nonadmin,
"portable" => \$opt_portable,
- "print-arch" => \$opt_print_arch,
- "force-arch=s" => \$opt_force_arch,
+ "print-platform|print-arch" => \$opt_print_arch,
+ "force-platform|force-arch=s" => \$opt_force_arch,
"debug-translation" => \$::debug_translation,
"profile-seed=s" => \$opt_profileseed,
"profile=s" => \$opt_profile,
"scheme=s" => \$opt_scheme,
"all-options" => \$::opt_all_options,
- "persistent-downloads!" => \$opt_persistent_downloads,
+ "persistent-downloads!" => \$opt_persistent_downloads,
"version" => \$opt_version,
"help|?" => \$opt_help) or pod2usage(1);
@@ -2049,31 +2049,77 @@ are accepted as aliases for this option.
(only for text mode installer) do not clear the screen when entering
a new menu (for debugging purposes).
-=item B<-non-admin>
-
-For Windows only: configure for the current user, not for all users.
-
=item B<-all-options>
Normally options not regarding the current platform are not shown.
Giving this cmd line option allows to configure settings in the
final tlpdb that do not have any immediate effect.
+=item B<-custom-bin> I<path>
+
+If you have built your own binaries for your system (probably because
+your platform was not supported by TeX Live out of the box), this option
+allows you to give the I<path> to a directory where the binaries for the
+current system are present. The installation will continue as usual, but
+at the end all files from I<path> are copied over to C<bin/custom> in
+your installation folder and this directory will be added to the path
+for the post-install actions.
+
+=item B<-debug-translation>
+
+In GUI mode, this switch makes C<tlmgr> report any missing, or more
+likely untranslated, messages to standard error. Helpful for
+translators to see what remains to be done.
+
+=item B<--help>, B<-help>, B<-?>
+
+Display this help and exit.
+
+=item B<-logfile> I<file>
+
+Write both all messages (informational, debugging, warnings) to I<file>,
+in addition to standard output or standard error.
+
+If this option is not given, the installer will create a log file
+in the root of the writable installation tree,
+for example, C</usr/local/texlive/YYYY/install-tl.log> for the I<YYYY>
+release.
+
+=item B<-force-platform> I<platform>
+
+Instead of auto-detecting the current platform, use I<platform>.
+Binaries for this platform must be present and they must actually be
+runnable, or installation will fail. C<-force-arch> is a synonym.
+
+=item B<-non-admin>
+
+For Windows only: configure for the current user, not for all users.
+
+=item B<--persistent-downloads>
+
+=item B<--no-persistent-downloads>
+
+For net installs, activating this option makes the installer try to set up a
+persistent connection using the Net::LWP Perl module.
+This opens only one connection between your computer and the server
+per session and reuses it, instead of initiating a new download for
+each package.
+
+This option is turned on by default, and the installation program will
+fall back to using wget if this is not possible. If you want to disable
+usage of LWP and persistent connections, please use
+B<--no-persistent-downloads>.
+
=item B<-portable>
Start the installer for portable use---but use the C<tl-portable>
scripts instead of this option. See below for details.
-=item B<-print-arch>
+=item B<-print-platform>
Print the TeX Live identifier for the detected platform
(hardware/operating system) combination to standard output, and exit.
-
-=item B<-force-arch> I<arch-os>
-
-Instead of auto-detecting the current platform use the one given on the
-cmd line. Make sure that there are binaries for this platform and they
-can actually be run.
+C<-print-arch> is a synonym.
=item B<-profile> I<profile>
@@ -2097,6 +2143,10 @@ together with the definitions of the paths (C<TEXDIR>, C<TEXDIRW>,
C<TEXMFHOME>, C<TEXMFLOCAL>, C<TEXMFSYSCONFIG>, C<TEXMFSYSVAR>) suffices
to install the medium scheme with all default options.
+=item B<-q>
+
+Omit normal informational messages.
+
=item B<-scheme> I<scheme>
Schemes are the highest level of package grouping in TeX Live; the
@@ -2107,60 +2157,11 @@ optionally have a prefix C<scheme->. The list of supported scheme names
depends on what your package repository provides; see the interactive
menu list.
-=item B<-custom-bin> I<path>
-
-If you have built your own binaries for your system (probably because
-your platform was not supported by TeX Live out of the box), this option
-allows you to give the I<path> to a directory where the binaries for the
-current system are present. The installation will continue as usual, but
-at the end all files from I<path> are copied over to C<bin/custom> in
-your installation folder and this directory will be added to the path
-for the post-install actions.
-
-=item B<--persistent-downloads>
-
-=item B<--no-persistent-downloads>
-
-For net installs, activating this option makes the installer try to set up a
-persistent connection using the Net::LWP Perl module.
-This opens only one connection between your computer and the server
-per session and reuses it, instead of initiating a new download for
-each package.
-
-This option is turned on by default, and the installation program will
-fall back to using wget if this is not possible. If you want to disable
-usage of LWP and persistent connections, please use
-B<--no-persistent-downloads>.
-
-=item B<-debug-translation>
-
-In GUI mode, this switch makes C<tlmgr> report any missing, or more
-likely untranslated, messages to standard error. Helpful for
-translators to see what remains to be done.
-
-=item B<-q>
-
-Omit normal informational messages.
-
=item B<-v>
Include debugging messages; repeat for maximum debugging, as in C<-v
-v>. (Further repeats are accepted but ignored.)
-=item B<-logfile> I<file>
-
-Write both all messages (informational, debugging, warnings) to I<file>,
-in addition to standard output or standard error.
-
-If this option is not given, the installer will create a log file
-in the root of the writable installation tree,
-for example, C</usr/local/texlive/YYYY/install-tl.log> for the I<YYYY>
-release.
-
-=item B<--help>, B<-help>, B<-?>
-
-Display this help and exit.
-
=item B<--version>, B<-version>
Output version information and exit.