On 8/19/09, Edd Barrett <vex...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Nice idea, but xetex uses other TeX engines behind the scenes. >> I'll ask Johnathan again when I meet him at EuroTeX. > > Please do! Although I'm pretty sure xetex needs atleast xdvipdfmx, > etex, libkpse and probably others. I may be wrong.
Ah here we are: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=xetex_linux#705c4129 ---8<--- Installing XeTeX for Linux To run XeTeX, you should first have the standard TeX system installed (normally a texlive or older tetex package, or a similar name, depending on your Linux distro). Then it is necessary to install two additional packages: xetex, the typesetting engine itself, and the xdvipdfmx output driver, an extended version of DVIPDFMx that can handle XeTeX's .xdv output. These are currently distributed separately. Packaged software for specific distros A number of Linux distributions now offer packaged binary releases of xetex and xdvipdfmx, typically as one of the packages associated with TeX Live 2007. Because of the multitude of different configurations and versions that exist, we do not attempt to provide pre-built packages here. ---8<--- -- Best Regards Edd Barrett (Freelance software developer / technical writer / open-source developer) http://students.dec.bournemouth.ac.uk/ebarrett
