Then, at the bank's machine where you want the TeX-distributon to be installed, launch the exe-file that makes up the installer from command-line and hereby via the appropriate command-line-options denote the removable medium as the location of the local mirror of the package repository. This feature is intended to offer the possibility of downloading only once for installing on several machines instead of repeating all the downloading with each single machine.įor creating the removable medium containing the local mirror you can probably use a machine not under the reigns of the bank. With many Linux platforms you can use cifs for doing this.) For installing things under Linux you usually need to mount the samba-share in question. (Local mirrors of package repositories can also be maintained, e.g., in samba-shares instead of using removable media. on a removable medium like an USB-stick or a (micro)SD-card or an external USB-harddisk) and instead of having the installer downloading from the internet have it use the local mirror (on the removable medium) for installation. In any case, I would first check with the people responsible for computer security and have them confirm in a provable/legally binding manner that it is okay to attempt/to carry out intended installation steps/system changes.īoth with TeX Live and with MiKTeX you can easily create a local mirror of the entire package repository (e.g.
Regarding the question whether using TeX is safe you might be interested in the discussion " Are there any dangerous commands in LaTeX?".
I recommend not to perform illegal/irregular/contrary-to-contract actions. whatsoever conditions at the side of the bank/employer/client/contractor, etc) is up to you. license-conditions at the side of MiKTeX/TeX Live, e.g. I don't know whether using MiKTeX or TeX Live at a bank is legal/regular/not contrary-to-contract.
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