Hi all,
I'm trying to install texlive (or any other LATEX distribution, for that matter) on a machine running Linux but whose architecture is ARM. The texlive installer does not recognize the architecture so I have to manually select it in order to get the binaries created. Once I try to use those binaries, and I have tried for all the architectures offered during the installation, they don't work...
Has any of you installed texlive (or any other latex distribution) on a machine with an ARM processor?
Thanks,
MIguel
TeX Live and MacTeX ⇒ Installing TeX Live in ARM architecture
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localghost
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Installing TeX Live in ARM architecture
Probably the TeX Live project page is a better place to ask these kinds of questions [1]. You will also find links to mailing lists and build instructions.
[1] TeX Live — TeX Users Group
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Thorsten
[1] TeX Live — TeX Users Group
Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten
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¹ System: openSUSE 42.2 (Linux 4.4.52), TeX Live 2016 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.1
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¹ System: openSUSE 42.2 (Linux 4.4.52), TeX Live 2016 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.1
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hipertrofia
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Re: Installing TeX Live in ARM architecture
Yes, I was already in that site. I will probably have to compile the source myself to get this running. I will see how difficult it turns out to be...
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josephwright
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Re: Installing TeX Live in ARM architecture
I would mail the mailing list texlive@tug.org, referenced on the page mentioned, to ask for ideas. Building TL from the source is far from trivial!
Joseph Wright
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Re: Installing TeX Live in ARM architecture
I'm giving it a try. So far it's just proving to be very slow to compile everything...
The source can be obtained here:
ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/
I will post whether I manage to do it or not. If I can't make it then I'll email the TL guys.
The source can be obtained here:
ftp://tug.org/texlive/historic/
I will post whether I manage to do it or not. If I can't make it then I'll email the TL guys.
Installing TeX Live in ARM architecture
I know, the question is very old. However, the page is still found by search for »tex-live arm«.
Meanwhile TeX Live does support ARM architecture on linux or OSX. For example, I've installed vanilla TeX Live on a Raspberry Pi3B+ some days ago. It works, but is quite slow (about 4 times slower than on my very old intel core i5 M450 notebook). Unfortunately TeX Live doesn't have a
Another suggestion would be to use the Debian TeX Live packages also available for ARM architectures. They have also a
So in 2022 using TeX Live with 32bit ARM linux is still not the same as with 64bit ARM linux or i386 or x86_64 linux. But it is not a real problem.
Meanwhile TeX Live does support ARM architecture on linux or OSX. For example, I've installed vanilla TeX Live on a Raspberry Pi3B+ some days ago. It works, but is quite slow (about 4 times slower than on my very old intel core i5 M450 notebook). Unfortunately TeX Live doesn't have a
biber linux binary for armv7l, which is armhf-linux in the terms of TeX Live. The biber homepage also does not provide the needed binary. And it seems that the biber sources only provide builds for 64bit ARM architectures.Another suggestion would be to use the Debian TeX Live packages also available for ARM architectures. They have also a
biber.So in 2022 using TeX Live with 32bit ARM linux is still not the same as with 64bit ARM linux or i386 or x86_64 linux. But it is not a real problem.