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[Patrick Dickey <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Tino (and everyone else),

I just wanted to follow up with you (and anyone interested in this). I
did this today (not using the script, but running some of the commands
manually).  Essentially what I did was download the latest version of
the install script using the button from our site. Then, I ran

sudo apt-get -y remove texlive-*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive
sudo rm -rf ~/.texlive

cd into the download folder, where I saved the install script

tar xvf install-tl.tar.gz
cd install*
./install-tl.sh

Made the appropriate changes (O then L and any others that I wanted) and
installed.  Then I went to my Projects/ubuntu-manual/pkgs directory, and
ran the install script from there. Everything worked out fine.

The main difference between what I did, and what I posted to you, is
that I echoed exactly what was happening in the script that I posted.
More or less, so that you would know what was happening (as I wouldn't
want to run a script with sudo, and not know what it's changing).

Have a great weekend.:)
Patrick.

On Sun, 2012-08-26 at 04:11 +0200, Tino Schieber wrote: 
> 
> Hello Patrick,
> 
> thank you for your help. Perhaps, this way of upgrading my
> TeX-Installation seems a bit complicated and unsafe for me. I think, I
> should try the path over the usage of the ppa.
> 
> Nevertheless, thank you
> 
> Tino
> 
> 
> 
> Am 25.08.2012 03:14, schrieb Patrick Dickey:
> > If I remember correctly (and I'm sure Kevin, John, or someone else
> > will correct this), the ubuntu repository version isn't the full
> > version (or at least doesn't have some of the needed features).
> > Here is the code to a bash script that *should* take care of the
> > installation for you.  It's assuming that you put the manual in
> > /home/username/Projects/ and will prompt you for the location of
> > the TexLive installer (you need to download it manually first), so
> > you'll have to change the paths as needed.  Here's the link to the
> > latest version of TexLive 
> > http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
> > 
> > ----------------- begin copy here ------------------------- #!
> > /bin/bash
> > 
> > # This script contains the final steps in the preparation of your #
> > computer for the Ubuntu Manual Project (English version). Please
> > make # the necessary changes for your localized version before
> > running the # script.
> > 
> > echo echo "Now we are at the Installing TeX Live 2010 (or current
> > version) point" echo echo "The Ubuntu Manual requires TeX Live 2009
> > or later. The version of TeX Live in the Ubuntu 9.10 repositories
> > is 2007. In Ubuntu 10.04 or later, there are packages for the
> > current version TeX Live, but they are not new enough. You must use
> > the upstream version of TeX Live to compile the manual
> > successfully." echo echo "First, we will remove any Ubuntu TeX Live
> > packages, if you have them installed. This will remove all previous
> > versions of TeX-Live using rm-- as well as any installed through
> > apt-get."
> > 
> > sudo apt-get remove texlive-* sudo rm -rf /usr/local/texlive sudo
> > rm -rf ~/.texlive*
> > 
> > echo echo "Please enter the location where your TeX Live Installer
> > is located, in the format of /path/to/tarball (~/Downloads for
> > example). NOTE*** You must type out the entire pathname for example
> > /home/username/Downloads instead of ~/Downloads" read LOCATION
> > 
> > cd $LOCATION echo echo "Now we will unpack the tarball:"
> > 
> > tar xvf install-tl-unx.tar.gz echo echo "Then change to the
> > newly-unpacked directory:"
> > 
> > cd install-tl-* echo echo "And finally run the script:" echo echo
> > "When the script runs, please select any options you prefer before 
> > you press \"I\". If you choose not to install everything, the
> > minimum that you’ll need is the following collections:" echo "1.
> > Essential programs and files (a)" echo "2. LaTeX recommended
> > packages (s)" echo "3. XeTeX packages (C)" echo "4. We highly
> > recommend enabling the "create symlinks to standard directories"
> > option." echo echo "Under the language collections, you can skip
> > all the documentation, but be sure to install all the languages you
> > wish to translate into. (If the language you wish to translate into
> > isn’t listed in the menu, don’t worry, there are just no specific
> > packages required for that language.)  The default is to install
> > everything."
> > 
> > echo "When you've selected the options you want, press 'I' to start
> > the installation. Note, that it will take some time to install."
> > 
> > echo read -s -n1 -p "Press any key to start the installation, when
> > you're ready." PROMPTKEY
> > 
> > sudo ./install-tl
> > 
> > echo "Now, we can install the remainder of the packages with the 
> > install-pkgs.sh script. (Note that this hasn’t been tested yet and
> > it’s pure guesswork on Kevin’s part! Let us know if it does or
> > doesn’t work for you.)" cd ${HOME}/Projects/ubuntu-manual/pkgs 
> > ./install-pkgs.sh echo echo "If everything checked out okay, you
> > should be able to run: \"make ubuntu-manual-LANG.pdf\" where LANG
> > is the language code (see the po/ directory for a list of supported
> > languages). You will need to type \"cd ~/Projects/ubuntu-manual\"
> > to get into the correct directory for making the manual.  Thank
> > you."
> > 
> > exit
> > 
> > 
> > ---------------------end copy here -------------------------
> > 
> > When you copy and paste it, make sure that the word wrap is
> > removed. If the lines are not inside of ""'s, then it should be on
> > one line.
> > 
> > Also this hasn't been tested in Precise. I wrote it during the
> > Maverick compilation and tested it there.  It's the commands from
> > the author's page without all of the extra information that is
> > provided there. So you'll want to compare the commands here to the
> > commands on that page.
> > 
> > Hope this helps, and have a great day:) Patrick.
> > 
> > P.S. I do have the complete script for prepping your computer
> > (every command needed from the authors page) if anyone wants that.
> > I can post it in an email to the group (or add it as an attachment
> > to one). Be warned though that it's long and has a lot of echo
> > statements in it. I'm a believer in making sure you know exactly
> > what's happening at each step of the way (as the short snippet
> > above shows).
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 02:43 +0200, Tino Schieber wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hello,
> >> 
> >> I would like to contribute to the project. My effort would be to 
> >> improve the german version. I have a strong eye on typographical
> >> issues.
> >> 
> >> I’ve got the following message after running install-pkgs.sh:
> >> 
> >>> sh install-pkgs.sh Checking TeX Live version...Status: install
> >>> ok installed Status: install ok installed Version: 2009-11 -ne
> >>> \E[33m TeX Live 2009 Ubuntu packages detected. It appears that
> >>> you have TeX Live installed from the Ubuntu repositories.
> >>> Unfortunately, you can not compile the Ubuntu Manual with TeX
> >>> Live from the Ubuntu repositories.  Please remove the TeX Live
> >>> packages and install TeX Live 2011 from upstream.  See the
> >>> Ubuntu Manual website for instructions:
> >>> 
> >>> http://ubuntu-manual.org/getinvolved/authors#install-texlive
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Now, my problem is, that I actually just have installed TeX Live
> >> 2009 out of the repositories. I’m using Linux Mint 11 (Katya). Is
> >> it necessary to install TeX Live 2011 manually or are there other
> >> ways?
> >> 
> >> Thank for your opinion.
> >> 
> >> Kind regards
> >> 
> >> Tino
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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