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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label TeXsystems</title>
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<h3>(La)TeX for different machines</h3>
<!-- windows,macintosh,ms-dos,os/2,unix,linux -->
<p>We list here the free or shareware packages;
another question addresses
<a href="FAQ-commercial.html">commercial TeX vendors’</a> products.
<dl>
<dt>Unix<dd> Instructions for retrieving the <i>web2c</i> Unix
TeX distribution via anonymous <code>ftp</code> are to be found in
<i>unixtex.ftp</i>, though nowadays the sensible installer will
take (and possibly customise) one of the packaged distributions such
as teTeX, or the <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX Live distribution</a>.
<p> To compile and produce a complete teTeX distribution, you need a
<code>.tar.gz</code> file for each of <code>teTeX-src</code>,
<code>teTeX-texmf</code> and <code>teTeX-texmfsrc</code>.
<p> No sets of teTeX binaries are provided on CTAN; however,
compilation of teTeX is pretty stable, on a wide variety of
platforms. If you don’t have the means to compile teTeX
yourself, you will find that most “support” sites carry compiled
versions in their “free area”, and the TeX-live discs also
carry a wide range of binary distributions.
<p> There’s a mailing list for teTeX installation problems (and the
like): subscribe by sending mail to
<a href="mailto:majordomo@dbs.uni-hannover.de"><i>majordomo@dbs.uni-hannover.de</i></a> containing nothing more than
“<code>subscribe tetex</code>”. The list is archived at
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de/">http://www.mail-archive.com/tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de/</a>, and an
RSS feed is available at the same site:
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de/maillist.xml">http://www.mail-archive.com/tetex@dbs.uni-hannover.de/maillist.xml</a>
<p> During periods when teTeX is itself under development, a
“teTeX-beta” is available. Before proceeding with the
beta-release, check the <i>ANNOUNCE</i> files
in the two directories on CTAN: it may well be that the
beta-release doesn’t offer you anything new,
that you need.
<p> MacOS X users should refer to the information below,
under item “Mac”.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>tetex</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/">systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/</a>
<dt><tt><i>tetex-beta</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta.zip">systems/unix/teTeX-beta</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX-beta/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>unixtex.ftp</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/unixtex.ftp">systems/unix/unixtex.ftp</a>
<dt><tt><i>web2c</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/web2c.zip">systems/web2c</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/web2c.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/web2c/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>Linux<dd> Linux users may use teTeX (see above).
<p> A free version of the commercial
<a href="FAQ-commercial.html">VTeX</a> is available, which among other
things, specialises in direct production of PDF from
(La)TeX input. Unfortunately, it’s no longer supported.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>tetex</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/">systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/</a>
<dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.zip">systems/vtex/linux</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>PC: Win32<dd>
MiKTeX, by Christian Schenk, is also a comprehensive
distribution, developed separately from the teTeX work. It has
its own previewer, YAP, which is itself capable of printing,
though the distribution also includes a port of <i>dvips</i>.
The current version is available for file-by-file download (the
HTML files in the directory offer hints
on what you need to get going). The MiKTeX developers provide a
ready-to-run copy of the distribution, on CDROM (for purchase) via the
<a href="http://www.miktex.org/cd/">MiKTeX web site</a>; otherwise the
<i>setup</i> executable is available on CTAN, together with
all the optional packages.
<p> <a href="http://tug.org/protext/">ProTeXt</a>, by Thomas Feuerstack, is
a further option for installing MiKTeX. It bundles a MiKTeX
setup with some further useful utilities, together with a PDF
file which contains clickable links for the various installation
steps, along with explanations. It again it is freeware, and copies
are distributed with the <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX-live CD set</a>.
<p> <a href="https://xemtex.groups.foundry.supelec.fr/">XEmTeX</a>, by
Fabrice Popineau (he who created the excellent, but now defunct,
fpTeX distribution), is an integrated distribution of TeX, LaTeX,
ConTeXt, <i>XEmacs</i> and friends for Windows. All programs
have been compiled natively to take the best advantage of the
Windows environment. Configuration is provided so that the
resulting set of programs runs out-of-the-box.
<p> The (Japanese) W32TEX distribution was motivated by
the needs of Japanese users (Japanese won’t fit in a “simple”
character set like ASCII, but TeX is based on a version of
ASCII). Despite its origins, W32TEX is said to
be a good bet for Western users, notably those whose disks are short
of space: the minimum documented download is as small as
95 MBytes. Investigate the distribution at
<a href="http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html">http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html</a>
<p> A further (free) option arises from the
<a href="http://www.cygwin.com">“CygWin” bundle</a>, which presents a
Unix-like environment over the Win32 interface; an X-windows server
is available. If you run CygWin on your Windows machine, you have
the option of using teTeX, too (you will need the X-server, to
run <i>xdvi</i>). Of course, teTeX components will look like
Unix applications (but that’s presumably what you wanted), but it’s
also reputedly somewhat slower than native Win32 implementations
such as MiKTeX or XEmTeX. TeTeX is available as part of the
CygWin distribution (in the same way that a version is available
with most Linux distributions, nowadays), and you may also build
your own copy from the current sources.
<p> BaKoMa TeX, by Basil Malyshev, is a comprehensive (shareware)
distribution, which focuses on support of Acrobat. The distribution
comes with a bunch of Type 1 fonts packaged to work with BaKoMa
TeX, which further the focus.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>bakoma</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma.zip">nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/win32/bakoma/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>miktex</i></tt><dd>Acquire <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/setup/setup.exe">systems/win32/miktex/setup/setup.exe</a> (also available from the
MiKTeX web site), and read installation instructions from
<a href="http://www.miktex.org/2.5/Setup.aspx">the MiKTeX installation page</a>
<dt><tt><i>protext.exe</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/texlive/Images/protext.exe">systems/texlive/Images/protext.exe</a>
<dt><tt><i>tetex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/">systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/</a>
</dl>
<dt>PC: MSDOS or OS/2<dd> EmTeX, by Eberhard Mattes,
includes LaTeX, BibTeX, previewers, and drivers, and is
available as a series of zip archives. Documentation is
available in both German and English. Appropriate memory managers
for using emTeX with 386 (and better) processors and under
Windows, are included in the distribution. EmTeX will operate
under Windows, but Windows users are better advised to use a
distribution tailored for the Windows environment.
<p> A version of emTeX, packaged to use a
<a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS directory structure</a>, is separately available as
an emTeX ‘contribution’. Note that neither emTeX itself, nor
emTeXTDS, is maintained. Most users of Microsoft
operating systems, who want an up-to-date (La)TeX system, need to
migrate to Win32-based systems.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>emtex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>PC: MSDOS<dd> The most recent MSDOS offering is a
port of the Web2C 7.0 implementation, using the GNU
<i>djgpp</i> compiler. While this package is more recent than
emTeX, it still implements a rather old instance of (La)TeX.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>djgpp</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.zip">systems/msdos/djgpp</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>PC: OS/2<dd> OS/2 may also use a free version of the
commercial <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">VTeX</a>, which specialises
in direct production of PDF from (La)TeX input. (This
version is, like the Linux version, unfortunately no longer supported.)
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.zip">systems/vtex/os2</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>Windows NT, other platforms<dd> Ports of MiKTeX for
NT on Power PC and AXP are available. Neither
version has been updated for version 1.2 (or later) of
MiKTeX — they may not be satisfactory.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>miktex for AXP</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/win32/miktex-AXP.zip">obsolete/systems/win32/miktex-AXP</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/win32/miktex-AXP.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/win32/miktex-AXP/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>miktex for Power PC</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/win32/miktexppc.zip">obsolete/systems/win32/miktexppc</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/win32/miktexppc.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/win32/miktexppc/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>Mac<dd> OzTeX, by Andrew Trevorrow, is a shareware version of
TeX for the Macintosh. A DVI previewer and PostScript
driver are also included.
<p> UK TUG prepays the shareware fee for its members, so
that they may
acquire the software without further payment. Questions about
OzTeX may be directed to <a href="mailto:oztex@midway.uchicago.edu"><i>oztex@midway.uchicago.edu</i></a>
<p> Another partly shareware program is CMacTeX, put together
by Tom Kiffe. This is much closer
to the Unix TeX setup (it uses <i>dvips</i>, for instance).
CMacTeX includes a port of a version of
<a href="FAQ-omegaleph.html">Omega</a>.
<p> Both OzTeX and CMacTeX run on either MacOS
X or on a sufficiently recent MacOS with CarbonLib
(v1.3 for OzTeX, v1.4 for CMacTeX).
MacOS X users also have the option of
<a href="http://www.rna.nl/tex.html">gwTeX</a>, by Gerben Wierda (which
is based on teTeX). This is naturally usable from the
command line, just like any other Unix-based system, but it can also
be used Mac-style as the engine behind Richard Koch’s (free)
<a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html">TeXShop</a>,
which is an integrated TeX editor and previewer.
<p> From its 2005 release, the <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX-Live disc set</a>
includes “MacTeX”, a CDROM image that contains
MacOS X teTeX (the Gerben Wierda set mentioned
above), TeXshop, and <a href="FAQ-xetex.html">XeTeX</a>. Details (and a
downloadable distribution set) may be found on the
<a href="http://tug.org/mactex">TUG web site</a>; the distribution
is also on CTAN.
<p>
A useful
<a href="http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/">resource for Mac users</a>
has a news and ‘help’ section, as well as details of systems and
tools.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>cmactex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex.zip">nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>mactex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/mac/mactex.zip">systems/mac/mactex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/mac/mactex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/mactex/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>oztex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/oztex.zip">nonfree/systems/mac/oztex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/oztex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/oztex/">browse</a>)
<dt><tt><i>MacOS X teTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/">ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/</a>
<dt><tt><i>TeXShop</i></tt><dd><a href="http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html">http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html</a>
</dl>
<dt>OpenVMS<dd> TeX for OpenVMS is available.
<p>
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>OpenVMS</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/OpenVMS/TEX97_CTAN.ZIP">systems/OpenVMS/TEX97_CTAN.ZIP</a>
</dl>
<dt>Atari<dd> TeX is available for the Atari ST.
<p> If anonymous <code>ftp</code> is not available to you, send a message
containing the line ‘<code>help</code>’ to
<a href="mailto:atari@atari.archive.umich.edu"><i>atari@atari.archive.umich.edu</i></a>
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>Atari TeX</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/atari.zip">systems/atari</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/atari.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/atari/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>Amiga<dd> Full implementations of TeX 3.1 (PasTeX) and Metafont
2.7 are available.
<dl>
<dt><tt><i>PasTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/amiga.zip">systems/amiga</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/amiga.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/amiga/">browse</a>)
</dl>
<dt>TOPS-20<dd> TeX was originally written on a DEC-10
under WAITS,
and so was easily ported to TOPS-20. A distribution that runs on
TOPS-20 is available via anonymous <code>ftp</code> from <a href="ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/">ftp.math.utah.edu</a>
in <i>pub/tex/pub/web</i>
</dl>
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