From ebfea0e090398fb8c7a2c20a969250bf026efbee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:20:32 +0000 Subject: more on -profile for batch installs (suggestion from Ana Nelson, tldoc mail 15 Mar 2012 23:19:20) git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@25950 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'Master/texmf') diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex index a3df16208d3..333b79c6759 100644 --- a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex @@ -939,11 +939,14 @@ to introduce option names. These are the most common ones: command, and from the \GUI{} installer. See section~\ref{sec:portable-tl}. -\item[-profile {\sl file}] The installer always writes a file - \filename{texlive.profile} to the \dirname{tlpkg} subdirectory of your - installation. This option tells the installer to re-use such a - profile file, so you can install in batch mode on subsequent systems, - reproducing the choices you made in a prior installation. +\item[-profile {\sl file}] Load the installation profile \var{file} and + do the installation with no user interaction. The installer always + writes a file \filename{texlive.profile} to the \dirname{tlpkg} + subdirectory of your installation. That file can be given as the + argument to redo the exact same installation on a different system, + for example. Alternatively, you can use a custom profile, most easily + created by starting from a generated one and changing values, or an + empty file, which will take all the defaults. \item [-repository {\sl url-or-directory}] Specify package repository from which to install; see following. -- cgit v1.2.3