Re: setting up a minimal TeXLive?

[Ken Brown <kbrown at cornell dot edu>]

On 11/25/2013 11:02 AM, Sivaram Neelakantan wrote:
> I'd like to use TeXLive under cygwin for my LaTeX work; What are the
> minimal packages that I need to get going?  And how do I update
> specific packages when new versions are announced on CTAN?

My recommendations for getting started are near the end of the release 
announcement:

  http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2013-06/msg00030.html

I recommend *not* updating CTAN packages between releases of TeX Live 
unless there is a bug that's impeding your work or a new feature that 
you need.  If that happens, you can send email to the cygwin list and 
I'll either update the corresponding texlive-collection-* package or 
give you further instructions.

If you feel that you must be on the bleeding edge and have the latest 
version of every CTAN package, then you should install TeX Live directly 
from TUG (http://www.tug.org/texlive/).  It comes equipped with a 
package manager "tlmgr" that allows you to update as often as you want.

Ken

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