1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY asymptote-download-http "&sourceforge-dl;/asymptote/asymptote-&asymptote-version;.src.tgz">
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8 | <!ENTITY asymptote-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY asymptote-md5sum "7961c8ba5afb9563a50f883508428719">
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10 | <!ENTITY asymptote-size "4.5 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY asymptote-buildsize "190 MB (with all the dependencies which are within BLFS)">
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12 | <!ENTITY asymptote-time "2.4 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="asymptote" xreflabel="asymptote-&asymptote-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="asymptote.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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21 | </sect1info>
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22 |
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23 | <title>asymptote-&asymptote-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="asymptote">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-asymptote">asymptote</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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30 | <title>Introduction to asymptote</title>
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31 |
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32 | <para>
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33 | <application>Asymptote</application> is a powerful descriptive vector
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34 | graphics language that provides a natural coordinate-based framework for
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35 | technical drawing. Labels and equations can be typeset with LaTeX. As
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36 | well as EPS, PDF and PNG output it can produce WebGL 3D HTML rendering
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37 | and (using <application>dvisvgm</application>) SVG output.
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38 | </para>
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39 |
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40 | &lfs91_checked;
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41 |
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42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>
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46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&asymptote-download-http;"/>
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47 | </para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>
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51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&asymptote-download-ftp;"/>
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52 | </para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>
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56 | Download MD5 sum: &asymptote-md5sum;
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57 | </para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>
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61 | Download size: &asymptote-size;
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62 | </para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>
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66 | Estimated disk space required: &asymptote-buildsize;
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67 | </para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | Estimated build time: &asymptote-time;
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72 | </para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | </itemizedlist>
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75 |
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76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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77 | <para role="required">
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78 | <xref linkend="gs"/> and
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79 | <xref linkend="texlive"/>
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80 | </para>
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81 |
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82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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83 | <para role="recommended">
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84 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="freeglut"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="gc"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="glew"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="glm"/> and
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89 | <xref linkend="libtirpc"/>
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90 | </para>
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91 |
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92 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended at runtime</bridgehead>
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93 | <para role="recommended">
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94 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="dvisvgm"/>
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95 | </para>
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96 |
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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98 | <para role="optional">
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99 | <xref linkend="fftw"/>,
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100 | <xref linkend="gsl"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="libsigsegv"/>
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102 |
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103 | </para>
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104 |
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105 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (at runtime)</bridgehead>
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106 | <para role="optional">
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107 | <xref linkend="imagemagick"/> to convert output to other formats such as
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108 | JPEG or to create animated GIFs,
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109 | <ulink url="https://pypi.org/project/PyQt5/">PyQt5</ulink> (not tested,
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110 | has a build dependency of <xref linkend="qt5"/>) to use xasy.
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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114 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/asymptote"/>
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115 | </para>
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2 role="installation">
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119 | <title>Installation of asymptote</title>
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120 |
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121 | <!-- Editors: for testing this, the minimal latex functionality is
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122 | covered by the cylinder and triangle tests in
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123 | http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~ken/tex-testfiles/latex-test-20190318.tar.xz
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124 | but the more interesting stuff (WebM html, svg, png, pdf) is tested in
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125 | http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~ken/asy-nontex-testfiles/asy-test-20200123.tar.xz
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126 | -->
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127 | <para>
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128 | Install <application>asymptote</application> by running the following
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129 | commands:
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130 | </para>
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131 |
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132 | <screen><userinput>export TEXARCH=$(uname -m | sed -e 's/i.86/i386/' -e 's/$/-linux/') &&
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133 |
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134 | ./configure --prefix=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year; \
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135 | --bindir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/bin/$TEXARCH \
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136 | --datarootdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist \
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137 | --infodir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/info \
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138 | --libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist \
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139 | --mandir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/doc/man \
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140 | --enable-gc=system \
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141 | --with-latex=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/latex \
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142 | --with-context=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist/tex/context/third &&
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143 |
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144 | make</userinput></screen>
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145 |
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146 | <para>
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147 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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148 | </para>
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149 |
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150 | <para>
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151 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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152 | </para>
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153 |
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154 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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155 |
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156 | </sect2>
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157 |
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158 | <sect2 role="commands">
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159 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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160 |
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161 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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162 | href="../../xincludes/tex-prefix.xml"/>
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163 |
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164 | <para>
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165 | <parameter>--libdir=/opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/texmf-dist;</parameter>:
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166 | This parameter ensures that the <filename
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167 | class="directory">asymptote</filename> directory will similarly
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168 | overwrite any files installed by install-tl-unx.
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169 | </para>
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170 |
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171 | <para>
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172 | <parameter>--enable-gc=system</parameter>: this ensures that the system
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173 | version of <filename class="libraryfile">libgc.so</filename> will be used
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174 | instead of the version shipped with this package.
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175 | </para>
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176 |
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177 | <para>
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178 | <parameter>--with-latex= ... --with-context=</parameter>: These switches
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179 | ensure that style files and a tex file will be installed into the
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180 | <application>texlive</application> directories instead of creating a
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181 | <filename class="directory">texmf-local</filename> directory for them.
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182 | </para>
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183 |
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184 | <!-- commenting for now: 2.44 installs asymptote.info in both places
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185 | so the old version no longer remains
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186 |
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187 | <para>
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188 | <command>rm -fv /opt/texlive/.../asymptote.info</command>:
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189 | This deletes the file installed by <application>texlive</application>.
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190 | Exceptionally, asymptote will create an <filename
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191 | class="directory">asymptote/</filename> subdirectory for its own
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192 | <filename>asymptote.info</filename> even though a possibly older
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193 | version from <xref linkend="texlive"/> is in the main
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194 | <application>texlive</application>
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195 | <filename class="directory">info/</filename> directory. Both the
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196 | new version and the existing <filename>asy-faq.info</filename>
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197 | <emphasis>will</emphasis> be found by <command>info</command>.
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198 | </para>-->
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199 |
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200 | </sect2>
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201 |
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202 | <sect2 role="content">
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203 | <title>Contents</title>
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204 |
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205 | <segmentedlist>
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206 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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207 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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208 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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209 |
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210 | <seglistitem>
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211 | <seg>
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212 | asy, xasy
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213 | </seg>
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214 | <seg>
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215 | None
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216 | </seg>
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217 | <seg>
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218 | /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;texmf-dist/asymptote,
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219 | /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/doc/asymptote,
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220 | /opt/texlive/&texlive-year;/info/asymptote
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221 | </seg>
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222 | </seglistitem>
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223 | </segmentedlist>
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224 |
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225 | <variablelist>
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226 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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227 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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228 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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229 |
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230 | <varlistentry id="asy">
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231 | <term><command>asy</command></term>
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232 | <listitem>
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233 | <para>
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234 | is a vector graphics program.
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235 | </para>
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236 | <indexterm zone="asymptote asy">
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237 | <primary sortas="b-asy">asy</primary>
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238 | </indexterm>
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239 | </listitem>
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240 | </varlistentry>
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241 |
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242 | <varlistentry id="xasy">
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243 | <term><command>xasy</command></term>
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244 | <listitem>
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245 | <para>
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246 | is a Python3 script providing a Qt5 GUI for asy.
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247 | </para>
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248 | <indexterm zone="asymptote xasy">
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249 | <primary sortas="b-xasy">xasy</primary>
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250 | </indexterm>
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251 | </listitem>
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252 | </varlistentry>
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253 |
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254 | </variablelist>
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255 |
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256 | </sect2>
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257 |
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258 | </sect1>
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