gzip -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 : 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 : 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 libncurses 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.