diff --git a/user/texlive-devel b/user/texlive-devel
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+texlive
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diff --git a/user/texlive-libs b/user/texlive-libs
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+texlive
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diff --git a/user/texlive/patches/00-texk-dvipsk-afm2tfm_c.patch b/user/texlive/patches/00-texk-dvipsk-afm2tfm_c.patch
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+--- a/texk/dvipsk/afm2tfm.c
++++ b/texk/dvipsk/afm2tfm.c
+@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@
+ 
+ #include "dvips.h"
+ /* debug.h redefines fopen to my_real_fopen, but it's still a FILE * */
+-#ifdef fopen
+-#undef fopen
+-extern FILE *fopen ();
+-#endif
+ 
+ struct encoding {
+    const char *name;
diff --git a/user/texlive/template.py b/user/texlive/template.py
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+pkgname = "texlive"
+pkgver = "20240312"
+pkgrel = 0
+build_wrksrc = "build"
+build_style = "configure"
+configure_script = "../configure"
+configure_args = [
+    "-C",
+    "--prefix=/usr",
+    "--sysconfdir=/etc",
+    "--disable-native-texlive-build",
+    "--disable-silent-rules",
+    "--disable-static",
+    "--disable-xdvik",  # XXX: Needs libXaw
+    "--enable-shared",
+    "--enable-tex-synctex",
+    "--with-banner-add=/Alpine Linux",
+    "--with-system-cairo",
+    "--with-system-freetype2",
+    "--with-system-gd",
+    "--with-system-gmp",
+    "--with-system-graphite2",
+    "--with-system-harfbuzz",
+    "--with-system-icu",
+    "--with-system-libpaper",
+    "--with-system-libpng",
+    "--with-system-mpfr",
+    "--with-system-pixman",
+    "--with-system-potrace",
+    "--with-system-teckit",
+    "--with-system-zlib",
+    "--with-system-zziplib",
+    # "--with-system-kpathsea",
+    # "--with-system-ptexenc",
+]
+make_cmd = "gmake"
+hostmakedepends = [
+    "automake",
+    "libtool",
+    "pkgconf",
+]
+makedepends = [
+    "cairo-devel",
+    "freetype-devel",
+    "gmp-devel",
+    "graphite2-devel",
+    "harfbuzz-devel",
+    "icu-devel",
+    "libgd-devel",
+    "libpaper-devel",
+    "libpng-devel",
+    "mpfr-devel",
+    "pixman-devel",
+    "potrace-devel",
+    "teckit-devel",
+    "zlib-ng-compat-devel",
+    "zziplib-devel",
+]
+depends = [self.with_pkgver("texmf")]
+pkgdesc = "Comprehensive TeX distribution"
+maintainer = "Subhaditya Nath <sn03.general@gmail.com>"
+license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+url = "https://tug.org/texlive"
+source = f"ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/{pkgver[:4]}/texlive-{pkgver}-source.tar.xz"
+sha256 = "7b6d87cf01661670fac45c93126bed97b9843139ed510f975d047ea938b6fe96"
+broken_symlinks = ["usr/bin/*"]
+# XXX: few tests are failing with SIGILL
+options = ["!check"]
+
+
+def post_extract(self):
+    self.mkdir(self.build_wrksrc)
+    for lib in (
+        "cairo",
+        "freetype2",
+        "gd",
+        "gmp",
+        "graphite2",
+        "harfbuzz",
+        "icu",
+        "libpaper",
+        "libpng",
+        "mpfr",
+        "pixman",
+        "potrace",
+        "teckit",
+        "zlib",
+        "zziplib",
+    ):
+        self.rm(f"libs/{lib}", recursive=True)
+
+
+def post_install(self):
+    # texmf-dist is provided by texmf
+    self.uninstall("usr/share/texmf-dist")
+
+
+@subpackage("texlive-libs")
+def _(self):
+    return self.default_libs()
+
+
+@subpackage("texlive-devel")
+def _(self):
+    return self.default_devel()