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 The top-level 'Build' script is intended to simplify building the
 binaries distributed with TeX Live itself--we call this the "native" TL
 build.  It runs 'configure && make world', which builds everything in a
 subdirectory of the main source tree (default 'Work/'), installs
 everything in another subdirectory (default 'inst/'), and finally runs
 'make check'.  The exact directory and command names can be specified
 via environment variables and a few leading options.  All remaining
 arguments (assignments or options) are passed to the 'configure' script.
 Please take a look at the './Build' source file for more information; it
 is a straightforward shell script.
 
    An alternative, and the one we will mainly discuss here, is to run
 'configure' and 'make' in a suitable empty subdirectory.  Building in
 the source directory itself is not supported (sorry).
 

Menu

 
· Build iteration     What 'configure' and 'make' do in TL.
· Build problems      If the build fails.
· Build in parallel   Simultaneous 'make' processes.
· Build distribution  Making a distribution tarball.
· Build one package   Example of working on just one program.
· Build one engine    Example of building just one TeX engine.
· Cross compilation   Building on host X for target Y.
 

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