.. _spkg_texlive:

texlive: A comprehensive TeX system
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Description
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TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document
production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries
for most flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows. It
includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts
that are free software, including support for many languages around the
world.

This package installs all texlive packages required to build Sage. If
necessary, texlive itself is installed.

License
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Various FSF-approved free software licenses. See
https://www.tug.org/texlive/copying.html for details.


Upstream Contact
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Home page: https://www.tug.org/texlive

Dependencies
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-  python


Special Update/Build Instructions
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This package requires internet access to download texlive packages for
the TeX mirrors.

Type
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optional


Version Information
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Equivalent System Packages
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macports:
install the following packages: texlive
See https://repology.org/project/texlive/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because spkg-configure.m4 has not been written for this package;
see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/27330

