[tex-live] list of packages in collections

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On 8 May 2010 13:55, Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg at elzevir.fr> wrote:
> Le 07/05/2010 18:12, Brent Krueger a écrit :
>> I've looked around your website pretty thoroughly yesterday and today and I
>> have not been able to locate a list of what packages are included in each
>> collection.
>>
>> I'm trying to install a TeX Live distribution that is relatively small in
>> size but I have need for a handful of specific packages.  I also need the
>> installation process to be simple, so I'd like to be able to figure out the
>> minimal number of collections I need to get the packages I want.  I presume
>> there must be a list somewhere of exactly which packages are included in
>> each collection, but have been unable to find it.  If you could point me to
>> that list I would appreciate it.
>>
> Have a look at:
>
> http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
>
> Each paragraph starting with "collection <name>" defines a collection.

Or just make a minimal installation and add the rest with tlmgr
afterwards.  The GUI will let you browse and filter all
packages/collections/schemes and explore their content in a very easy
way.

Cheers,

Tomek