Installation command explanations
gzip -dc ../teTeX-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
| (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -) :
Un-tar the TeX fonts and macro libraries.
--with-x=no :
Avoid any X-Windows dependencies. TeX can be compiled with
X-Windows support, notably for xdvi. If this is desired, remove this
configure option.
--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin :
Insure that TeX binaries will be installed in /usr/bin.
--without-texinfo :
A default LFS installation already has the texinfo package
installed, we will avoid overwriting it with the included texinfo
package.
--with-system-ncurses :
Specify using the already installed ncurses library.
--with-system-zlib :
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 :
Set the default paper size for TeX.
texconfig font rw :
Specify writable fonts.