texpack - A latex package manager for arch linux

Table of contents

1.Summary

2.Philosphy

3.Building on linux

Summary

texpack is a latex package manager for arch linux. The main goal of texpack is to provide a common interface for installing, upgrading and removing tex-live packages. texpack supports the official sources of CTAN.

Philosophy

texpack is a tool designed by the rules of the KISS-Principle like the ArchLinux operating system. Functionality provided by texpack is simmiliar to the one of pacman - the arch linux package manager.

Building on linux with git, gcc/clang and autotools

Prerequisites

• gcc or clang
• libcurl
• autotools

Clone texpack from github: https://github.com/ckruczek/texpack

$ git clone https://github.com/ckruczek/texpack
$ cd texpack
$ autoreconf --install
$ ./configure
$ make