To install TeX on OpenVMS perform the following steps:

 0) copy the distribution (either the ZIP archive or the save-sets)
    to the root directory of the disk that shall hold TeX

 1.1) if you got the CTAN archive (TEX97_CTAN.ZIP) extract the archive
    with UNZIP 5.x into TEX97_CTAN.BCK and restore the save-set with
    the BACKUP utility; this will create the TeX tree under
    <disk>:[TEXMF...]
    The ZIP archive has the OpenVMS record attributes included so one
    really needs the OpenVMS version of UNZIP.

 1.2) if you got the DECUS archives (TEX97_%%%.BCK) restore at least
    TEX97_EXE.BCK and TEX97_FNT.BCK with the BACKUP utility; this will
    create the TeX tree under <disk>:[TEXMF...]

 2) delete any the directories starting with two underscores, __*.DIR . 
    these directories should be empty and have been used during the
    development. if they contain some files, please notify us, since
    you found a bug in the distribution procedure.

 3) define the basic logicals by

      DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC                        TEX_DISK   <disk>
      DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/TRANSLATION=CONCEALED  TEX_ROOT   TEX_DISK:[TEXMF.]
      DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC                        TEX_USAGE  CLD 

    in your SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM

 4) define the remaining logicals after <disk> has been mounted in
    SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM or your local startup procedure by

      @TEX_ROOT:[EXE.COMMON]TEX_LOGICALS.COM

 5) add the following to SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM or the login procedure
    defined by SYS$SYLOGIN:

      @TEX_EXE:TEX_COMMANDS.COM

 After a reboot TeX will be available. For other installation opportunities
 see TEX_ROOT:[MGR]VMS_TEX_MGR.GUIDE .

 One may find some objects/images in the [SRC....] and [EXE...] tree. Those
 in the [EXE..] tree have been recompiled; those in the [SRC...] tree have
 been fetched from other archives. To save space, one may delete some of the. 

 The file LAST_MINUTE.BUGS in [TEXMF.MGR] describes some bugs found prior
 to the creation of the distribution. All these bugs and oddities will
 (hopefully) be fixed in the next release.

 Important:
 ---------
 Sites who fetched TeX from CTAN will have a basic TeX installation. These
 sites should read the whole TEX_ROOT:[MGR]VMS_TEX_MGR.GUIDE . They will
 need additonal files CTAN (for example Metafont sources). A complete
 file list is given by [MGR]FILES.LIST . 

 Sites who got TeX from DECUS will have a complete installation if they
 installed TEX97_SRC.BCK and TEX97_DOC.BCK. Even if these save-sets have
 been restored, they will have a complete run-time version.


 Bug reports should be send to one of the addresses below.

 Ralf G"artner

 gaertner@decus.decus.de , (vms@dante.de)