shivams

TLDR;

On an Debian/Ubuntu-based system, to install texlive-full without docs and language packs, simply do this:

sudo apt install `sudo apt --assume-no install texlive-full | \
		awk '/The following additional packages will be installed/{f=1;next} /Suggested packages/{f=0} f' | \
		tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vP 'doc$' | grep -vP 'texlive-lang' | grep -vP 'latex-cjk' | tr '\n' ' '`

After this, if you wish to install the language packs, selectively install them. E.g.:

wkrea

TLDR;

On an Debian/Ubuntu-based system, to install texlive-full without docs and language packs, simply do this:

sudo apt install `sudo apt --assume-no install texlive-full | \
		awk '/The following additional packages will be installed/{f=1;next} /Suggested packages/{f=0} f' | \
		tr ' ' '\n' | grep -vP 'doc$' | grep -vP 'texlive-lang' | grep -vP 'latex-cjk' | tr '\n' ' '`

After this, if you wish to install the language packs, selectively install them. E.g.:

thesamesam

FAQ on the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094)

This is a living document. Everything in this document is made in good faith of being accurate, but like I just said; we don't yet know everything about what's going on.

Background

On March 29th, 2024, a backdoor was discovered in xz-utils, a suite of software that