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config/texlive: clarify texlive vs texlive-bin
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The `texlive-bin` package contains the latest TeX Live version; however, earlier
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versions, such as `texlive2018-bin`, are also available.
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The `texlive` package and `texlive-*` packages are also available, and provide
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TeX packages directly via xbps. TeX packages installed via those packages cannot
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interact with TeX packages installed directly from CTAN (via `tlmgr`). For
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example: `pdflatex` from `texlive-pdflatex` cannot be used to compile a TeX
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document that uses a package installed via `tlmgr`; `tlmgr install pdflatex`
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would be required for that.
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## Configuring TeX Live
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After installing TeX Live, update the value of `PATH`:

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