TexLive on FreeBSD 8.1

[Anh Ky Huynh]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:51:55 +0000
Antonio Olivares <olivares14031 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry to ask about this since this has been beaten to death many
> times, but I *wonder* why FreeBSD does not have TeXLive as default
> tex installation?

As TeXLive 2009 doesn't have binaries for FreeBSD ;) You can try TeXLive 2008 instead.

> [snip]

> Don't want to add insult to injury or offend anyone, I just want to
> see how installing texlive on FreeBSD can be made easier?

I build TeXLive from source code. It isn't easy but it works.

Regards,


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Anh Ky Huynh