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TeXLive (TeXLive binaries, support files, TeX formats)
-This package contains the binaries, support files, TeX formats and packages,
-and other files required for the TeXLive TeX distribution. Included are
-input files for TeX, runtime configuration files, hyphenation tables,
-manpages, and the computer modern fonts.
+This package contains most binaries, support files, TeX formats and
+packages, and other files included in the TeXLive TeX distribution.
+Included are input files for TeX, runtime configuration files,
+hyphenation tables, manpages, and the computer modern fonts.
-The resulting package is very large, and a lot of space is required during
-the build process, so you might want to consider defining an alternate
+Some extra texmf can be found in the "texlive-texmf-extra" package
+and all of the docs can be found in the "texlive-texmf-docs" package,
+both of which are available at SlackBuilds.org.
+
+Have a look at the texscythe package to see how the texmf archives were
+created from the original download from upstream.
+
+The resulting packages are large, and a lot of space is required during
+the build processes, so you might want to consider defining an alternate
location for TMP and OUTPUT if you have small /tmp partition.
Note that this package is intended to completely replace (and then some) the
tetex packages in Slackware, so you'll need to remove tetex and tetex-doc
before installing TeXLive.
-
-Have a look at the texscythe package to see how the texmf tarball was
-created from the original download from upstream.