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Welcome to TeX Live
The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system for a
variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms. It
encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing and printing
of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection
of TeX macros and font libraries.
The distribution also includes extensive general documentation about
TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying the included software
packages.
For licensing information, please see the top-level [1]LICENSE.TL and
[2]LICENSE.CTAN text files.
Where to start
We strongly recommend that you read the TeX Live Guide before
undertaking the installation. It includes step-by-step instructions, a
description of the top-level directories, and more.
English versions of the Guide are in the [3]texmf-doc/doc/english/
hierarchy, in both [4]html and [5]pdf formats. Translations to other
languages are also available under [6]texmf-doc/doc/*.
For a list of the most important changes in this year's release, see
the "Release history" section at the end of the documentation.
Installation
Space limitations of CD-ROM format have forced us to divide TeX Live
into several distributions. You can tell which one you're in by
looking for a 00type.TL file in this top-level directory.
live
A complete system on DVD; it is too large for CD. You can run
programs directly from the mounted DVD; see the documentation
for details. Or you can install to disk by executing the script
install-tl.sh in the texlive directory under Unix, including
MacOSX (GNU/Linux users can also try
setuptl/tlpmgui-i386-linux). A Windows installer named
tlpmgui.exe is also available, in the setuptl directory.
The live DVD also contains other distributions: proTeXt (see
below); MacTeX, for MacOSX; and a snapshot of CTAN. Each of
these are completely independent from TeX Live, with different
licensing conditions.
inst(allable)
A complete system on CD, for installing on Unix (including
MacOSX) or Windows; in order to make it fit, we had to compress
everything we could. Therefore, it is not possible to run TeX
directly from the installable CD; you have to install it to
disk (hence its name). Do this by running ./install-tl.sh on
Unix or MacOSX, or setuptl/tlpmgui-i386-linux (GNU/Linux GUI
install), or setuptl/tlpmgui.exe on Windows.
protext
The proTeXt distribution for Windows is an enhancement of
MiKTeX: it adds a few extra tools, and simplifies installation
considerably. It is completely independent of TeX Live, and has
its own installation instructions. It can be run live or
installed to disk. proTeXt is provided on the live DVD, and
(for some user groups) its own CD.
Naturally, each user group chooses what to distribute, at its own
discretion. (TUG is sending all three discs above to its members.)
CD format details: For Unix and Mac, the CD's use the Rock Ridge
extensions to the standard ISO-9660 format. For Windows, Microsoft
Joliet extensions are used. In any case, you should see the full names
after mounting. If you see truncated names, you cannot run programs
directly. If you have plenty of bandwidth and know how to burn discs,
the [7]ISO images are available online. The [8]contents are also
available for browsing.
Documentation
Most of the documentation can be viewed online, before the TeX system
is installed. To read it most conveniently, you will need to have a
browser (such as [9]Mozilla, the free version of Netscape) for HTML
documents, and a PDF reader (such as [10]gv or [11]xpdf, both free
alternatives to Acrobat) for PDF documents.
* [12]TeX Live documentation (html).
* [13]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
* TeX FAQ's in the distribution: [14]Czech/Slovak, [15]English
(pdf), [16]French, [17]German,
Finally, some related web pages, for your reference. These are not
included in TeX Live:
* [18]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
introductory material.
* [19]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
more.
* [20]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
repository of all things TeX.
* [21]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups
around the world, with contact information. We strongly encourage
you to join the user group of your choice, to support TeX Live and
other TeX activities.
Happy TeXing!
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[22]TeX Live home page.
References
1. LICENSE.TL
2. LICENSE.CTAN
3. texmf-doc/doc/english
4. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
5. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf
6. texmf-doc/doc/
7. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Images/
8. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Contents/
9. http://www.mozilla.org/
10. http://tug.org/applications/gv/
11. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
12. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
13. doc.html
14. texmf-doc/doc/czechslovak/cstug/csfaq/
15. texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf
16. texmf-doc/doc/french/FAQ-fr/
17. texmf-doc/doc/german/FAQ-ge/
18. http://tug.org/begin.html
19. http://tug.org/interest.html
20. http://tug.org/ctan.html
21. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
22. http://tug.org/tex-live/
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