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    <h1>Comprehensive T<span class="e">e</span>X Archive Network</h1>
    <h2>The CTAN root directory</h2>

    <p>
      This is the root of the <a href="https://ctan.org">Comprehensive
      T<span class="e">e</span>X Archive Network</a> directory tree.
      Most information in CTAN is contained in subdirectories:
    </p>

    <dl>
      <dt><a href="biblio/">biblio</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Systems for maintaining and presenting bibliographies within documents
        typeset using T<span class="e">e</span>X
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="digests/">digests</a></dt>
      <dd> Collections of
        T<span class="e">e</span>X mailing list digests,
        T<span class="e">e</span>X-related electronic magazines, and indexes,
        etc., of printed publications
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="dviware/">dviware</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Printer drivers and previewers, etc., for .dvi files
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="fonts/">fonts</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Fonts written in Metafont, and support for using fonts from other
        sources (e.g., those in Adobe Type 1 format)
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="graphics/">graphics</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Systems and T<span class="e">e</span>X macros for producing graphics
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="help/">help</a></dt>
      <dd>
        FAQs
        (<a href="help/de-tex-faq/">de</a>
        <a href="help/LaTeX-FAQ-francaise/">fr</a>
        <a href="help/uk-tex-faq/">uk</a>)
        and similar direct assistance
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="indexing/">indexing</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Systems for maintaining and presenting indexes of documents typeset
        using T<span class="e">e</span>X
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="info/">info</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Manuals and extended how-to information; errata for
        T<span class="e">e</span>X-related publications, collections of project
        (e.g., L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X and NTS)
        documents, etc.
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="install/">install</a></dt>
      <dd>
        ZIP files of ready-to-install CTAN packages. The package contained in
        CTAN directory <tt>a/b/c/d/</tt> appears as
        <tt>install/a/b/c/d.tds.zip</tt> &ndash; each such file may be unzipped
        directly into
        a <a href="tds/tds.html">TDS</a>
        tree, and should contain no &ldquo;tree prefix&rdquo;
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="language/">language</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Support for various languages; hyphenation patterns
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="macros/">macros</a></dt>
      <dd> T<span class="e">e</span>X
        macros; several directories have significant sub-trees:
        <dl>
          <dt><a href="macros/context/">context</a></dt>
          <dd>
            The ConT<span class="e">e</span>Xt distribution
            and contributed material
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="macros/generic/">generic</a></dt>
          <dd> Macros that work in several environments</dd>

          <dt><a href="macros/latex/">latex</a></dt>
          <dd>
            The L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X
            distribution and contributed material
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="macros/luatex/">luatex</a></dt>
          <dd>Macros that require the LuaT<span class="e">e</span>X engine</dd>

          <dt><a href="macros/plain/">plain</a></dt>
          <dd> Donald Knuth's example macro set and contributed material</dd>

          <dt><a href="macros/xetex/">xetex</a></dt>
          <dd>Macros that require the X<span class="EE">Ǝ</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X engine</dd>
        </dl>
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="obsolete/">obsolete</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Material which is now obsolete, but which needs to remain
        on the archive for some reason (such as the 1992
        L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X&nbsp;2.09
        distribution). The tree maintains a &ldquo;shadow hierarchy&rdquo;
        &ndash; for example <a href="obsolete/macros/">obsolete/macros</a>
        has the same basic structures <a href="macros/">macros</a>.
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="support/">support</a></dt>
      <dd>
        T<span class="e">e</span>X support environments and the like
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="systems/">systems</a></dt>
      <dd>
        T<span class="e">e</span>X systems;
        organised by operating environment, but also including:

        <dl>
          <dt><a href="systems/knuth/">knuth</a></dt>
          <dd>Donald Knuth's current distribution.</dd>

          <dt><a href="systems/generic/">generic</a></dt>
          <dd>
            Complete systems that can potentially operate in more than one
            operating environment.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="systems/mac/mactex/">MacT<span class="e">e</span>X</a></dt>
          <dd>The distribution of MacTeX for Mac OS X</dd>

          <dt>
            <a href="systems/texlive/">T<span class="e">e</span>X Live</a>
          </dt>
          <dd>
            The Live collection of freely distributable T<span class="e">e</span>X
            material, including the <a href="systems/texlive/tlnet/">T<span class="e">e</span>X
            Live on-line installer</a>.
          </dd>

          <dt><a href="systems/win32/miktex/">MiKT<span class="e">e</span>X</a></dt>
          <dd>
            The distribution of MiKT<span class="e">e</span>X; CTAN provides a
            home for MiKT<span class="e">e</span>X's package repository, part
            of <em>its</em> online installer.
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      <dt><a href="tds/">tds</a></dt>
      <dd>
        The T<span class="e">e</span>X Directory Structure standard
        (the output of the TUG TDS working group)
      </dd>

      <dt><a href="usergrps/">usergrps</a></dt>
      <dd> Information supplied by T<span class="e">e</span>X User Groups</dd>

      <dt><a href="web/">web</a></dt>
      <dd>
        Literate Programming tools and systems
      </dd>
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    <h2>CTAN on the Web</h2>
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      The home page for CTAN is at
      <a href="https://ctan.org">https://ctan.org</a>,
      which provides several features:
    </p>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="https://ctan.org/tex-archive">Browsing the CTAN
        directory</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        Browsing in the Catalogue
        (by <a href="https://ctan.org/pkg">package</a>, <a href="https://ctan.org/author">author</a>,
        or <a href="https://ctan.org/topic">topic</a>)
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://ctan.org/search">Searching in the
        Catalogue</a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="https://ctan.org/mirrors/">An extensive list of mirrors</a>
      </li>
    </ul>

    <h2>Searching CTAN</h2>
    <p>
      You can search the content of the Catalogue with the
      following form on the CTAN site:
    </p>
    <form method="get" action="https://ctan.org/search">
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    <p>
      In addition, CTAN archives maintain lists of their contents
      as plain text files, in a number of ways:
    </p>
    <ol>
      <li>
        <a href="FILES.byname">Sorted by name</a>
        (This is a <em>big</em> file&hellip;around 20M bytes).
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="FILES.last07days">New or changed in the last 7 days</a>
        (This is usually a more manageable size&hellip;)
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    <address>
      <p>
        This is an experimental page. Comments, to
        <a href="mailto:ctan@ctan.org">the CTAN team</a>,
        will be most welcome.
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      <p>Last updated 2020-03-31</p>
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