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CTAN update: Rocks

Datum: 11. Oktober 2026 12:44:07 MESZ
Zhenyu Wu submitted an update to the TeXRocks bundle. Version: 0.3.20 License: gpl3 Summary description: A minimal (La)TeX distribution Announcement text:
Upgrade to luahbtex 1.27.0 and latex2e 2026.6.1
The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at https://ctan.org/pkg/texrocks The package’s files themselves can be inspected at https://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/texrocks/
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Petra Rübe-Pugliese
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Rocks – A minimal distribution

Rocks is a minimal distribution powered by Luarocks/Lux and Lua. It has the following features:

  • virtual environment: all packages are installed to .lux/5.3/XXXXX-package_name@version/, like nodejs’s node_modules/ and python’s .venv/. After development of PDF, you can delete it safely, and it will not affect your next development of PDF.
  • minimal: we only install required packages
  • package version control: when you declare latex-base == '2026.06.01-1', it will install exactly latex-base and no other versions! Pin the version like nodejs’s package.json and python’s requirements.txt
  • package installation in parallel: install many packages at the same time
  • a server to host compiled packages: Rocks
  • use Lua to develop packages: texmf

We also provide some related tools, like kpsewhich and texdef written in Lua. See official website Rocks

PaketTeXRocks
Version0.3.20
BetreuerZhenyu Wu

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