Re: tex metapackages

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 07:18:39PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 08:26:34AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>  > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 08:21:50PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
>  > > However, meta-packages/ contains 43 texlive collections, none of which
>  > > is clearly "please install the things I need to prepare ordinary
>  > > documents if I'm not a tex geek", which was an important role of the
>  > > print/teTeX metapackage.
>  > 
>  > It is there:
>  > 
>  > meta-pkgs/texlive-collection-all
> 
> I would expect that to install all kinds of random other stuff besides
> "the things I need to prepare ordinary documents"...

The teTeX3 meta package was the same kind of install-everything
package.

There are a couple basic packages like texlive-collection-basic,
texlive-collection-fontsrecommended, texlive-collection-latex,
texlive-collection-latexrecommended, texlive-collection-xetex,
depending on your needs.
 Thomas