Installation command explanationsgzip -dc ../teTeX-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
| (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)
Untar the TeX fonts and macro libraries.--with-x=no: This switch will avoid any
XFree86 dependencies.
TeX can be compiled with
XFree86 support, notably for
xdvi. If this is desired, remove this
configure option.--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin: This
switch will insure
that TeX binaries will be installed in
/usr/bin.: A default
LFS installation already has the
texinfo package
installed; we will avoid overwriting it with the included
texinfo
package.: This switch specifies using the
already installed libncurses library.: LFS Systems starting with version 4.0 have zlib installed as part of the base operating system; we can avoid building it here.texconfig dvips paper letter: This command sets the
default paper size for TeX.texconfig font rw: This command specifies writable
fonts.