1 $Id: README 40046 2016-03-16 21:35:53Z karl $
2 Public domain. Originally written 2005 by Karl Berry.
4 For a high-level overview of building TeX Live, see
5 http://tug.org/texlive/build.html. In brief:
7 To configure and make the source tree, run ./Build.
8 To build (mostly) without optimization, run ./Build --debug.
9 To make without configuring, run TL_CONFIGURE=true ./Build.
10 Email tlbuild@tug.org if problems.
12 (Nearly everything the Build script does can be overridden via
13 environment variables; just take a look to see the names.)
15 Many more details about the TL build system, such as configuring to work
16 on a single program, adding new programs or libraries, recompiling after
17 fixing problems, etc., are in the doc/tlbuild* document and the sibling
18 README* files here (which are generated from that document).
21 Build information for some of the platforms.
23 i386-linux: gcc 4.9.2, Linux 2.6.18-* (CentOS 5.10, tug.org:~karl/bin/mybuild)
24 Except for dvisvgm, where we must use the system compiler (gcc 4.1.2,
25 Red Hat 4.1.2-54) or libgs.so crashes trying to use gcc 4.8.2's
26 libstdc++. On the other hand, the system compiler has an optimization
27 bug that causes lcdf-typetools's tfm.test to fail, so it can't be used
30 x86_64-linux: gcc 4.8.2, libc 2.3.6, Linux 2.6.28.6
33 gcc version 4.5.3 (NetBSD nb2 20110806)
35 TL_MAKE=gmake LDFLAGS='-L/usr/X11R7/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R7/lib' ./Build
37 i386-solaris, x86_64-solaris: Solaris 10. See doc/README.solaris.
39 i386-cygwin, x86_64-cygwin: gcc-4.8.2, cygwin-1.7.29.
40 ./Build (with --enable-xindy for i386).
42 powerpc-linux (Debian Squeeze)
43 Linux homer 2.6.32-5-powerpc64 #1 SMP Tue Mar 8 02:01:42 UTC 2011
44 ppc64 Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
45 (only the kernel is 64bit, the entire userland is 32bit)
47 sparc-solaris: Solaris 10, gcc. See doc/README.solaris.
49 universal-darwin, x86_64-darwin: a menagerie of versions.
50 See Master/source/mactexdoc.tar.xz.