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# texlive: A comprehensive TeX system

## Description

TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows. It includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts that are free software, including support for many languages around the world.

This package installs all texlive packages required to build Sage. If necessary, texlive itself is installed.

## License

Various FSF-approved free software licenses. See https://www.tug.org/texlive/copying.html for details.

## Upstream Contact

Home page: https://www.tug.org/texlive

## Dependencies

- python

## Special Update/Build Instructions

This package requires internet access to download texlive packages for the TeX mirrors.

## Type

optional

## Dependencies

## Version Information

## Equivalent System Packages

Alpine

    $ apk add texlive

Arch Linux

    $ sudo pacman -S texlive-core texlive-latexextra texlive-langjapanese  \
          texlive-langcyrillic texlive-langchinese

Debian/Ubuntu

    $ sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra texlive-xetex latexmk dvipng  \
          tex-gyre texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-lang-cyrillic  \
          texlive-lang-english texlive-lang-european texlive-lang-french  \
          texlive-lang-german texlive-lang-italian texlive-lang-japanese  \
          texlive-lang-polish texlive-lang-portuguese texlive-lang-spanish  \
          texlive-lang-chinese

Fedora/Redhat/CentOS

    $ sudo dnf install latexmk texlive texlive-collection-latexextra  \
          texlive-collection-langcyrillic texlive-collection-langeuropean  \
          texlive-collection-langfrench texlive-collection-langgerman  \
          texlive-collection-langitalian texlive-collection-langjapanese  \
          texlive-collection-langpolish texlive-collection-langportuguese  \
          texlive-collection-langspanish texlive-collection-langcjk

Gentoo Linux

    $ sudo emerge dev-tex/latexmk app-text/texlive app-text/dvipng  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-langcjk dev-texlive/texlive-langcyrillic  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-langenglish dev-texlive/texlive-langeuropean  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-langfrench dev-texlive/texlive-langgerman  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-langitalian dev-texlive/texlive-langjapanese  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-langportuguese  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-langspanish dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended  \
          dev-texlive/texlive-mathscience dev-texlive/texlive-langchinese

MacPorts

    $ sudo port install texlive

openSUSE

    $ sudo zypper install texlive

Slackware

    $ sudo slackpkg install texlive

Void Linux

    $ sudo xbps-install texlive

See https://repology.org/project/texlive/versions

If the system package is installed, `./configure` will check if it can be used.