TeX Live 2021 and FreeBSD 13.0

Joseph Wright joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk
Mon Jan 24 19:42:49 CET 2022


On 24/01/2022 18:24, Lloyd R. Prentice wrote:
> Dear Dr. Beebe,
> 
> Many thanks for your post re TeX Live 2021 and FreeBSD 13.0:
> https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2021-April/046779.html
> 
> Wondering if you can help me simplify install instructions for TeX Live 2021 on Windows and Mac?
> 
> I’m writing a book about the LaTeX markdown package and LaTeX typesetting for self-publishers called Publish Beautiful Books with Markdown: the Fast Track to LaTeX.
> 
> Many of my prospective readers are devoted to MS Word and not a few are tech adverse. So I’m asking them to to step outside their comfort zone in the interest of publishing more trade-acceptable books.
> 
> So I need dead simple instructions on how to install TeX Live 2021 on Windows, Mac, and Linux. But the install instructions in the official TeX Live docs are so poorly written I hesitate to recommend them.
> 
> I’m a Linux user so can work the recipe for Linux. But I don’t have access to Mac or Windows systems to install and test. So can you or one of your students provide fool-proof install instructions for Mac and Windows? I’d be happy to compensate for time and contribute the recipes back to public domain.
> 
> Vit Novotny suggests that I recommend a Docker package. But I fear that just adds one more layer of tech complexity.
> 
> You can see an example of my work here:
> 
> https://builditwith.com/nitro
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Lloyd R. Prentice

MacTeX is very easy to install, so I am surprised that you feel the 
instructions are unclear.

However, have you considered pointing to an online service in the first 
instance? Overleaf is the obvious one, though there are others.

Joseph


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