A new Installer for TeX Live

Reinhard Kotucha*, Siep Kroonenberg**, Norbert Preining† * Barsinghausen, Germany, ** Groningen, The Netherlands, † Wien, Austria Play (59min) Download: FLV | MOV | mp3

TeX Live has a new package infrastructure, primarily developed by Norbert Preining, and inspired by the Debian/Linux packaging system.

We shall present a new TeX Live installer, based on the new package infrastructure. It includes a text based as well a graphical user interface. Among other new features, installing TeX Live from the internet is now possible. It should work on all platforms supported by TeX Live.

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