Texlive-2026

[alejandro-aragon]

Hi guys,

I recently started to use a-shell to work with LaTeX and I’m actually amazed I can do that on the iPad! I saw there are two packages for texlive, for 2025 and 2026. I tried the one for 2026 but I couldn’t make it work. I also saw there was some movement in the repository from 2 weeks ago, so should I assume the packages are actually not there yet? Or is it that I’m doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance,
—Alejandro

[holzschu]

Hi,
thanks for the question! The answer is: we're between releases at the moment. The texlive package must match the binaries inside the app. The AppStore version has the texlive-2025 binaries, but the TestFlight version has the texlive-2026 binaries (the AppStore version with texlive-2026 in "waiting for review". It has quite a few bug fixes as well).

Short version: if you want texlive-2026 (or if you need to install extra packages), install the TestFlight version, then texlive-2026. If you want to keep the AppStore version, keep texlive-2025.

[alejandro-aragon]

Hi holzschu, thanks for the reply and for the hard work on the app! Is there a public link to join the app in TestFlight?

Best,
—Alejandro

[holzschu]

Here you are: https://testflight.apple.com/join/WUdKe3f4
If this your first TestFlight install, you'll have to install the TestFllight app. Also you'll get an ominous warning that you could lose all your data. It shouldn't happen.

[alejandro-aragon]

Thanks! Installed and working. One quick last question: I noticed we can’t use git but a script that wraps lg2. Is there a fundamental limitation that prevents the use of git? I had to install iSH to be able to have git but it runs very slow because it’s an emulator. It’d be amazing to have git compiled for a-Shell, I guess I’m not the first to ask about this?Best,—AlejandroOn Jun 25, 2026, at 10:24 AM, Nicolas Holzschuch ***@***.***> wrote: Here you are: https://testflight.apple.com/join/WUdKe3f4 If this your first TestFlight install, you'll have to install the TestFllight app. Also you'll get an ominous warning that you could lose all your data. It shouldn't happen. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[holzschu]

The problem is not technical, it's legal: git is covered by the GPL, and the FSF position is that the GPL is incompatible with AppStore distribution (because the GPL says you can't impose any other contraints, and the AppStore is imposing constraints). So I'm sticking with non-GPL commands (likewise, a-Shell version of ffmpeg only has non-commercial, non-GPL codecs).

lg2 is BSD-licensed, and I'm trying to have all the basic git features in the command.

[alejandro-aragon]

I understand, thanks for clarifying. I asked because I do use git on a daily basis and a few days ago I tried to use lg2 and it wasn’t able to something seemingly simple (no longer track a file that was previously part of the repository). Best, —Alejandro

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