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Re: TeX and Scribus

From	W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject	Re: TeX and Scribus
Date	2016-04-06 20:47 +0000
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Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> writes:

[...]

> However, I think it would be a horrible bad idea to remove tetex
> without including a full featured texlive or other replacement.
> Other software have dependencies upon tetex, read section 22 in the
> slackbuild FAQ at https://slackbuilds.org/faq/
>
> If I remember right a2ps depends upon tetex and there are other
> pieces of software which depends upon a2ps.
>
> I think that tetex should stay in Slackware. Those compressed
> packages occupies no more than 50 MB on your installation DVD and
> they will take just as much space if you move them to /extra.
>
> But feel free to remove tetex from your systems if you so like. The
> Slackware package management will not keep track of any dependencies
> so it will let you do so. I see no need to try that myself, maybe
> a2ps will no longer be fully functional, maybe XFCE will not be
> fully functional after removing tetex.
>
> regards Henrik

Thank you, I wasn't aware that it was used by other parts of Slackware
that need a TeX package of some kind.
TeTeX is indeed probably more self-contained than alternatives,
and users can still install a local copy of texlive for other stuff.

--
Best,
WGG

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TeX and Scribus "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2016-04-04 08:12 -0700
  Re: TeX and Scribus Martha Adams <mhada@verizon.net> - 2016-04-05 01:42 -0400
    Re: TeX and Scribus Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 07:25 +0000
      Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-05 14:15 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-04-05 21:13 +0000
          Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-05 21:20 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-06 07:14 +0000
          Re: TeX and Scribus Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-06 18:26 +0000
            Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-06 20:47 +0000
            Re: TeX and Scribus JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-07 00:11 +0000
              Re: TeX and Scribus Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-04-07 05:17 +0000
                Re: TeX and Scribus Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2016-04-11 05:13 +0000
    Re: TeX and Scribus "john@wexfordpress.com" <john@wexfordpress.com> - 2016-04-05 07:00 -0700
    Re: TeX and Scribus Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2016-04-05 21:35 -0300
      Re: TeX and Scribus Martha Adams <mhada@verizon.net> - 2016-04-06 21:17 -0400
        Re: TeX and Scribus JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-04-07 04:54 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 07:46 +0000
        Re: TeX and Scribus W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net> - 2016-04-07 14:10 +0000

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