Debian TeXlive install
Setup
TeXlive is packaged for Debian/sid/i386.
Users can enable them by adding the following line in your /etc/apt/sources.list file (as root):
echo "deb http://www.tug.org/texlive/Debian/ pool/" >>/etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update
and follow the instructions here: [[1]].
Install
Basically, after having purged any ohter TeX distrib such as tetex:
apt-get remove --purge tetex-* texinfo
you just have to apt-get the packages as root:
apt-get install texlive-context
apt-get install texlive-pdfetex
apt-get install texlive-metapost
Fonts
It may be of interest to get fonts as well:
apt-get install texlive-fontsrecommended
apt-get install lmodern
apt-get install cm-super
TeXinfo
And to get back texinfo if needed:
apt-get install texinfo