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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2015-01-18 23:22:31 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2015-01-18 23:22:31 +0000 |
commit | 19f26b166ebf100c78da28cd3b2627d457af8d40 (patch) | |
tree | cc777bee5e98900363ba5087fd252247d281877c /Master/texmf-dist | |
parent | 109fd9f421d6593a3089cdb9d2dbd853e093413e (diff) |
mention the envvars read by install-tl to specify directories
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@36087 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex | 51 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex index 42b95593c9b..36ec40b0f28 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex @@ -783,24 +783,35 @@ at the package level. \label{sec:directories} The default layout is described in section~\ref{sec:texmftrees}, -\p.\pageref{sec:texmftrees}. The default location of -\dirname{TEXDIR} is \dirname{/usr/local/texlive/2014} on Unix -and |%SystemDrive%\texlive\2014| on Windows. -Thus, by default, you will have parallel \TL\ installations, one for -each release, and can switch between them merely by altering your -search path. - -This can be overridden by setting \dirname{TEXDIR} in the installer. -The main reason to change it is if you lack write permission for the -default location. You don't have to be root or administrator to install -\TL, but you do need write access to the target directory. - -A reasonable alternative choice is a directory under your home directory, -especially if you will be the sole user. Use -`|~|' to indicate this, as in `|~/texlive/2014|'. +\p.\pageref{sec:texmftrees}. The default installation directory is +\dirname{/usr/local/texlive/2014} on Unix and +|%SystemDrive%\texlive\2014| on Windows. This arrangement enables +having many parallel \TL\ installations, such as one for each release +(typically by year, as here), and you can switch between them merely by +altering your search path. + +That installation directory can be overridden by setting the so-called +\dirname{TEXDIR} in the installer. The \GUI\ screen for this and other +options is shown in figure~\ref{fig:gui-main}. The most common reasons +to change it are either lacking enough disk space in that partition (the +full \TL\ needs several gigabytes), or lacking write permission for the +default location (you don't have to be root or administrator to install +\TL, but you do need write access to the target directory). + +The installation directories can also be changed by setting a variety of +environment variables before running the installer (most likely, +\envname{TEXLIVE\_INSTALL\_PREFIX} or +\envname{TEXLIVE\_INSTALL\_TEXDIR}); see the documentation from +|install-tl --help| (available online at +\url{http://tug.org/texlive/doc/install-tl.html}) for the full list and +more details. + +A reasonable alternative destination is a directory under your home, +especially if you will be the sole user. Use `|~|' to indicate this, as +in `|~/texlive/2014|'. We recommend including the year in the name, to enable keeping different -releases of \TL{} side by side. (You may wish to also have a +releases of \TL{} side by side. (You may wish to also maintain a version-independent name, such as \dirname{/usr/local/texlive-cur}, via a symbolic link, which you can then repoint after testing the new release.) @@ -3413,12 +3424,12 @@ Lua\TeX: Notable changes and fixes were made to font loading and hyphenation. The biggest addition is a new engine variant, \code{luajittex} (\url{http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luajittex}) and its siblings \code{texluajit} and \code{texluajitc}. This uses a -just-in-time Lua compiler (detailed TUGboat article at -\url{http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb34-1/tb106scarso.pdf}). \code{luajittex} is -still in development, is not available on all platforms, and is +just-in-time Lua compiler (detailed \textsl{TUGboat} article at +\url{http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb34-1/tb106scarso.pdf}). \code{luajittex} +is still in development, is not available on all platforms, and is considerably less stable than \code{luatex}. Neither we nor its developers recommend using it except for the specific purpose of -experimenting with jit on Lua code. +experimenting with jit on Lua code. \XeTeX: The same image formats are now supported on all platforms (including Mac); avoid Unicode compatibility decomposition fallback (but |