If you are using a Debian GNU/Linux based operating system, the
following command should install the required components.
Keep in mind that this @b{requires 3GB} of downloaded data and possibly
-@b{even more}@footnote{Author's note:
-@command{guix size `guix build texlive`} in summer 2018 returns a DAG
-size of 5032.4 MiB} when unpacked.
+@b{even more} when unpacked. On a GNU Guix based system texlive 2017 has
+returns a DAG size of 5032.4 MiB.
@b{We welcome any help in identifying the required components of the
TexLive Distribution. This way we could just state the required components
without pulling in the full distribution of TexLive.}