l3kernel installation

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Jun 29, 2011, 11:07:14 AM6/29/11

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Hello,

Is there a way to install the l3kernel without prompts? For example, when
the command:

latex l3names.dtx

is entered in the terminal, the response is:

! LaTeX Error: File `l3names.sty' not found.

This is repeated for other sty files in the l3 package.

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Joseph Wright

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Jun 29, 2011, 11:15:04 AM6/29/11

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On 29/06/2011 16:07, e-letter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to install the l3kernel without prompts? For example,
> when the command:
>
> latex l3names.dtx
>
> is entered in the terminal, the response is:
>
> ! LaTeX Error: File `l3names.sty' not found.
>
> This is repeated for other sty files in the l3 package.
>

To unpack all of the code from the dtx, use the .ins file

tex l3.ins

However, the LaTeX3 Project *strongly recommend* using the pre-extracted
file l3kernel.tds.zip (and companion l3packages.tds.zip) from CTAN.
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Joseph Wright

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Jun 29, 2011, 11:31:54 AM6/29/11

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So the l3kernel should be deleted and l3packages used instead?

Joseph Wright

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Jun 29, 2011, 11:42:15 AM6/29/11

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On 29/06/2011 16:31, e-letter wrote:
>> However, the LaTeX3 Project *strongly recommend* using the pre-extracted
>> file l3kernel.tds.zip (and companion l3packages.tds.zip) from CTAN.
>
> So the l3kernel should be deleted and l3packages used instead?
>

No! l3kernel and l3packages 'go toghether', roughly replacing the older
expl3 and xpackages bundles.
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Joseph Wright

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Jun 29, 2011, 11:42:45 AM6/29/11

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OK, thanks. Shouldn't this type of information be included in the
descriptions?

Robin Fairbairns

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Jun 30, 2011, 9:08:53 AM6/30/11

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e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:42:15 +0100, Joseph Wright
> <joseph...@morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 29/06/2011 16:31, e-letter wrote:
>>>> However, the LaTeX3 Project *strongly recommend* using the
>>>> pre-extracted
>>>> file l3kernel.tds.zip (and companion l3packages.tds.zip) from CTAN.
>>>
>>> So the l3kernel should be deleted and l3packages used instead?
>>>
>>
>> No! l3kernel and l3packages 'go toghether', roughly replacing the older
>> expl3 and xpackages bundles.
>
> OK, thanks. Shouldn't this type of information be included in the
> descriptions?

which descriptions do you mean? (if you mean what you get from ctan
search, i can deal with it; if you mean the documentation, joseph's most
likely to be the one making any change.)
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GL

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Jun 30, 2011, 9:32:40 AM6/30/11

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Le 30/06/2011 15:08, Robin Fairbairns a �crit :

> e-letter<inp...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:42:15 +0100, Joseph Wright
>> <joseph...@morningstar2.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> On 29/06/2011 16:31, e-letter wrote:
>>>>> However, the LaTeX3 Project *strongly recommend* using the
>>>>> pre-extracted
>>>>> file l3kernel.tds.zip (and companion l3packages.tds.zip) from CTAN.
>>>>
>>>> So the l3kernel should be deleted and l3packages used instead?
>>>>
>>>
>>> No! l3kernel and l3packages 'go toghether', roughly replacing the older
>>> expl3 and xpackages bundles.
>>
>> OK, thanks. Shouldn't this type of information be included in the
>> descriptions?
>
> which descriptions do you mean? (if you mean what you get from ctan
> search, i can deal with it; if you mean the documentation, joseph's most
> likely to be the one making any change.)

Guessing that *l3* kern and *l3* packages are related and 'go together'
probably require to have successfully typeset six or seven thesis using
them ;-)