It is also possible to download it. I did that last
week (TexLive 2011
from upstream via mirror). It was straightforward, the
only special
thing needed is to set the paths, and the install tool
at the very end
helpfully reminds one to do it.
When installing from the DVD, the setup program asks one if one wants to add the symlinks automagically(i.e set the tex/latex paths). If this went too fast, you may have to add them manually, but it can be done.
Could show me how to set the paths correctly on a default LXDE F-15 install? Thanks.
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In ~/ your home directory create a file ~/.bash_profile if it does not exist, or edit it if it does and add path like:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/local/bin/texlive2011/:$PATH export PATH
And it should work. This will depend on where the tex executable are at.
You may also add them to ~/.bashrc, but in .bash_profile it should work. Now if you want to add them globally for all users in case the system has more users, a better approach is to add the paths to a file in /etc/profile.d/ with the paths to where the executables are at for texlive.
Hope this helps. Happy \TeX{}ing and \LaTeX{}ing!
Regards,
Antonio