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From: W. Greenhouse <wgreenhouse@riseup.net>
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Subject: Re: TeX and Scribus
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Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> writes:

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> 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