On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 8:28:24 AM UTC-4, Christian Neukirchen 
wrote:
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> Donald Allen <dona...@gmail.com <javascript:>> writes: 
>
> > Installation (not downloading) of texlive-bin-2015_1 is very, very slow. 
> > It's a big package, but I've done this on this same machine (2.5 Ghz AMD 
> > dual-core processor, 4GB, 7200 rpm disk, / on an ext4 file-system) with 
> > Arch (configured similarly) in far less time. 
>
> Yes, this is because TeXLive's tlmgr is slow. 
>
> Arch actually repacked TeXLive, but we chose not to do that due to 
> lack of manpower and immediate outdatedness. 
>

Thank you for the explanation. It's good to know that this is not something 
inherent in the package manager, which is what I was concerned about. If 
it's specific to texlive, then that's not a problem for me. 

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