There are various reasons why one may want to have a lightweight alternative to Texlive.
kerTeX is a small and fast TeX kernel for POSIX.2 systems that
includes TeX, METAFONT, dvips, BibTeX, e-TeX, CWEB,
and MetaPost. The C version used is C89.
The developer is Thierry Laronde.
kerTeX is now available for Debian amd64 too:
http://www.kergis.com/en/kertex.html
For a detailed exposition of the system and its motivation,
see
http://downloads.kergis.com/kertex/README
Mark van Atten.
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kerTeX, a TeX kernel, now available for Debian amd64 too
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Re: kerTeX, a TeX kernel, now available for Debian amd64 too
Welome to the "Debian User Forums" ,mvatten
This software is not in the Debian repositories,
Debian users should all ways be carefull before using software from random websites.
I really don't know.
But it is important that especially new Debian users be aware of the risks and problems that software from random websites can cause.
This software is not in the Debian repositories,
Debian users should all ways be carefull before using software from random websites.
I am not saying the software that "mvatten ' is trying to promote is good or bad, on thatFrom: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
On Debian installing software from random websites is a bad habit.
I really don't know.
But it is important that especially new Debian users be aware of the risks and problems that software from random websites can cause.
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