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TeX Live for *Open*BSD
======================
Contents
--------
- [Current Release](#2024-release)
- [Running TeX Live in OpenBSD](#running-tex-live-in-openbsd)
- [TeX Live for OpenBSD at Utah](#tex-live-for-openbsd-at-utah)
- [Installing TeX Live on OpenBSD With Ready-to-Use Binaries](#installing-tex-live-on-openbsd-with-ready-to-use-binaries)
- [Updating the Binaries Over the Course of the Year](#updating-the-binaries-over-the-course-of-the-year)
- [Building the Sources](#building-the-sources)
- [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)
2024 Release
------------
[Updated March 2, 2024] TeX Live for OpenBSD has just been
launched. At the time of writing, it is meant for the [upcoming 2024
release of TeX Live](https://tug.org/texlive/pretest.html), and will
always run on both -stable and -current versions of OpenBSD.
Running TeX Live in OpenBSD
---------------------------
There are two ways of using TeX Live in OpenBSD.
1. From ports. TeX Live is available in variety of “schemes” to wit
different sets of package collections, of which a list can be found
on
[openports.pl](https://openports.pl/search?file=&pkgname=texlive).[^1]
2. By installing the “native” TeX Live over the internet, as described
on [its home page](https://tug.org/texlive). This latter method
facilitates the installation of new packages and the updating of
existing ones. However, the binaries for OpenBSD are not
currently part of the official TeX Live distribution. The reason
for this is that the TeX Live binaries are published once a year
while the OpenBSD system undergoes two updates a year.
This page provides an easy way to build one's own TeX Live binaries
for OpenBSD—either -stable or -current—through a simple script which
is nothing but an adapted version of the one used to build TeX Live
for the supported systems.[^2]
Furthermore, *TeX Live for OpenBSD* provides ready-to-use binary sets
for those who do not wish to compile their own.
In addition to the standard binaries supported by TeX Live, TeX Live
for OpenBSD provides the following:
- xindy
- LuaMetaTeX (ConTeXt)
- asymptote
biber will soon be added to this list.
### TeX Live for OpenBSD at Utah
By far the most abundant source of documentation on TeX Live builds
for a large number of systems is Nelson Beebe's work at Utah. It can
be found here: <https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/texlive-utah>.
From this url, the binaries for OpenBSD are located in the
[`bin/`](https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/texlive-utah/bin)
subdirectory. Look for `amd64-openbsd74-utah-gcc11.tar.xz`. At the
time or writing, this build is done with the `gcc-11` compilers, while
the one available here is made with `clang`.
Installing TeX Live on OpenBSD with ready-to-use binaries
---------------------------------------------------------
Please read first the reference page on this matter:
<https://tug.org/texlive/custom-bin.html>.
1. Requirements:
- curl
- gpg
- xz
- p5-Tk
2. Acquire `install-tl-unx.tar.gz` from CTAN as described [on this
page](https://tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html).
- do:
```sh
zcat < install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
```
- do: (Replace <yyyymmdd> with the actual date.)
```sh
cd install-tl-<yyyymmdd>
```
3. Import the public key used to sign the archive:
```sh
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv 1773E9248085C8C7
```
4. Clone this git repository and fetch the binaries:
```sh
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~ralessi/texlive-openbsd
cd texlive-openbsd
make fetch
```
or
```sh
git clone https://git.robertalessi.net/texlive-openbsd
cd texlive-openbsd
make fetch
```
5. TeX Live can be installed as root or as a normal user. Make a
decision, then do:
```sh
cd ..
```
and proceed with the installation, as per the instructions
displayed on the terminal.
6. Post-install actions. (What follows assumes that the installation
has been performed as root. Adapt.) At the end of the
installation, the script offers to create environment
variables. Say no, then:
1. Edit root's `.profile` file and add the path to the binaries,
like so (replace here and below `<yyyy>` with the actual year):
```sh
# insert this line:
TLBIN=/usr/local/texlive/<yyyy>/bin/custom
# modify this line like so:
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:$TLBIN:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
```
Make sure to insert `$TLBIN` *before* `/usr/local/bin`. Then do
the same in other users' `.profile` files.
2. Edit `/etc/man.conf` (copy `/etc/examples/man.conf` to `/etc` if
this file doesn't exist) and add the manpath to TL man files,
like so:
```
manpath /usr/share/man
manpath /usr/X11R6/man
manpath /usr/local/man
manpath /usr/local/texlive/<yyyy>/texmf-dist/doc/man
```
3. Symlink `texlive-fontconfig.conf` file to
`/etc/fonts/conf.d/09-texlive.conf` and update the font cache:
```sh
cd /etc/fonts/conf.d
ln -sf /usr/local/texlive/<yyyy>/texmf-var/fonts/conf/texlive-fontconfig.conf 09-texlive.conf
fc-cache -fsv
```
7. Reboot and enjoy TeX Live on OpenBSD!
### All by hand
Direct link to the binaries: <https://www.ekdosis.org/texlive>.
Updating the binaries over the course of the year
-------------------------------------------------
The requirements are the same as above. (Make sure you already have
imported the public key used to sign the archives.)
1. Go to the directory where the texlive-openbsd git repository was
cloned, then do:
```sh
git pull
make
```
2. Proceed as per the instructions displayed on the terminal.
Alternatively, the direct link to the binaries provided above can be
used.
Building the sources
--------------------
### References
- General information: <https://tug.org/texlive/build.html>
- Building GNU CLISP for xindy:
<https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/utils/README?view=markup>
### Requirements
- For texlive
- git
- gmake
- rsync
- subversion
- wget
- curl
- For context:
- cmake
- ninja
- For asymptote:
- readline
- freeglut
- eigen3
- py3-cson (run dependency for `xasy`)
### Getting the sources
```sh
./checkout-tl.sh
```
### Building
```sh
./tl-build.sh
```
Acknowledgements
----------------
Special thanks go to the following people for their work and kind
advice: Karl Berry, Nelson H. F. Beebe, Norbert Preining and Mojca
Miklavec.
Notes
-----
[^1]: More information on how TL is built for OpenBSD here:
<https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/print/texlive>
[^2]: See <https://tug.org/texlive/build.html>. The `Build` script can
be found here: <https://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source>.
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