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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,macos,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&#8217;</a> products.
-<dl>
-<dt>Unix<dd> The only current distribution of TeX for Unix systems
- (including GNU/Linux and other free Unix-like systems) is
- TeX Live, which is distributed as part of the
- <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX collection</a>.
-<p/> Members of many TeX user groups receive copies of the collection
- (on DVD), as part of their membership of the groups.
-<p/> MacOS/X is also a Unix-based system; however users should refer to
- the information below, under item &#8220;Mac&#8221;.
-<p/> TeX Live may also be installed &#8220;over the network&#8221;; a network
- installer is provided, and once you have a system, a manager
- (<i>tlmgr</i>) can both keep your installation up-to-date and
- add packages you didn&#8217;t install at first.
-<p/> <dl>
- <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
- <dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Unix)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz">systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz</a>
- </dl>
-<dt>Linux<dd> GNU/Linux users are supported by TeX Live (as noted
- above).
-<p/> A free version of the commercial
- <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">VTeX extended TeX system</a> is available
- for use under Linux, which among other things specialises in direct
- production of PDF from (La)TeX input. Sadly, it&#8217;s no
- longer supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a
- rather ancient Linux kernel.
-<p/> In addition, the developer of MiKTeX has released a port of the
- PDFTeX executable from of that excellent (Windows) system for use
- on Linux; get it via \href{http://miktex.org/unx/}{the MiKTeX
- site}. The MiKTeX package manager, for Linux, is also available
- from the same place.
- <dl>
- <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
- <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.zip">systems/vtex/linux</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux/">browse the directory</a>)
- <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>)
- </dl>
-<dt>PC: Windows<dd>
- MiKTeX, by Christian Schenk, is a comprehensive distribution. 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). MiKTeX can automatically install packages that it
- &#8220;knows about&#8221;, but that aren&#8217;t in your system (it gets them over
- the network). Furthermore, users may keep their installation
- up-to-date, over the network: the distribution contains a &#8220;package
- manager&#8221;, through which the user may select individual packages, or
- request that every extant update be retrieved.
-<p/> MiKTeX may also be used in a configuration which involves no
- installation at all: its &#8220;portable&#8221; distribution may be unpacked
- on a memory stick, and used on any windows computer without making
- any direct use of the hard drive. This is the first &#8220;official&#8221;
- release of such a setup, though a similar object has been available
- on the net for some time.
-<p/> The MiKTeX developers also provide a ready-to-run copy of the
- distribution, on CD (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>, part of the TeX
- collection 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.
-<p/> Windows users are also supported directly by the TeX Live
- distribution; a system is provided on the installation disc of the
- TeX collection. The system may also be installed over the
- network, using an installer application tailored for use with Windows.
-<p/> <a href="http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/xemtex/">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&#8217;t fit in a &#8220;simple&#8221;
- 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 TeX Live, too (you will need the X-server, to
- run <i>xdvi</i>). Of course, TeX Live components will look like
- Unix applications (of course, that&#8217;s presumably what you wanted),
- but TeX under CygWin also reputedly somewhat slower than native
- Win32 implementations such as MiKTeX or XEmTeX. The (now
- obsolete) teTeX distribution is provided as part of the CygWin
- distribution, and but you can build your own copy of TeX Live 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="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/">systems/win32/bakoma/</a>
- <dt><tt><i>miktex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex.zip">systems/win32/miktex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/">browse the directory</a>);
- acquire <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/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/2.8/setup">the MiKTeX installation page</a>
- <dt><tt><i>Portable miktex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/setup/miktex-portable.exe">systems/win32/miktex/setup/miktex-portable.exe</a>
- <dt><tt><i>protext.exe</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/protext/">systems/win32/protext/</a>
- <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
- <dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Windows)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl.zip">systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl.zip</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 &#8216;contribution&#8217;. 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="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse the directory</a>)
- <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse the directory</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="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.zip">systems/msdos/djgpp</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp/">browse the directory</a>)
- </dl>
-<dt>PC: OS/2<dd> EmTeX, by Eberhard Mattes (see
- above), was actually developed under OS/2, and lives happily
- in that environment.
-<p/> OS/2 users 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>emtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse the directory</a>)
- <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse the directory</a>)
- <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.zip">systems/vtex/os2</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2/">browse the directory</a>)
- <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>)
- </dl>
-<dt>Mac<dd> <a href="http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/">OzTeX</a>, by Andrew
- Trevorrow, is a shareware version of
- TeX for the Macintosh. A DVI previewer and PostScript
- driver are also included. (Members of UK TUG may
- acquire the software without further payment, as part of a
- membership deal.) OzTeX does not run, natively, under MacOS/X,
- but will run with a sufficiently recent CarbonLib (see
- <a href="http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html">http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html</a>).
- Other questions about OzTeX itself may be directed to
- <a href="mailto:oztex@midway.uchicago.edu"><i>oztex@midway.uchicago.edu</i></a>
-<p/> Another partly shareware program is
- <a href="http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html">CMacTeX</a> , put together
- by Tom Kiffe. CMacTeX is much closer than OzTeX to the Unix
- TeX model of things (it uses <i>dvips</i>, for instance).
- CMacTeX runs natively under 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).
-
-<p/> From its 2005 release, the <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX Live disc set</a>
- includes MacTeX. 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 &#8216;help&#8217; section, as well as details of systems and
- tools.
- The MacTeX-on-OSX mailing list is a useful resource for users;
- mail <a href="mailto:MacOSX-TeX-on@email.esm.psu.edu"><i>MacOSX-TeX-on@email.esm.psu.edu</i></a> to subscribe.
-<dl>
- <dt><tt><i>cmactex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex.zip">systems/mac/cmactex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex/">browse the directory</a>)
- <dt><tt><i>mactex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/mactex/">systems/mac/mactex/</a>
- <dt><tt><i>oztex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex.zip">systems/mac/oztex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/">browse the directory</a>)
-</dl>
-<dt>OpenVMS<dd> TeX for OpenVMS is available, though
- it seems unlikely that the version on CTAN is the latest
- available.
- <dl>
- <dt><tt><i>OpenVMS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/OpenVMS/TEX97_CTAN.ZIP">systems/OpenVMS/TEX97_CTAN.ZIP</a>
- </dl>
-<dt>Atari<dd> TeX for the Atari ST is available from CTAN.
- <dl>
- <dt><tt><i>Atari TeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/atari.zip">systems/atari</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/atari/">browse the directory</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="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/amiga.zip">systems/amiga</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/amiga/">browse the directory</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} in <i>pub/tex/pub/web/">ftp.math.utah.edu</i> in \path{pub/tex/pub/web</a>
-
-</dl>
+<p/>The list is provided in four answers:
+<ul>
+<li> TeX systems for use with
+ <a href="FAQ-sysunix.html">Unix and GNU Linux systems</a>
+<li> TeX systems for use with
+ <a href="FAQ-syswin32.html">Modern Windows systems</a>
+<li> TeX systems for use with
+ <a href="FAQ-sysmac.html">Macintosh systems</a>
+<li> TeX systems for
+ <a href="FAQ-sysother.html">Other sorts of systems</a>
+</ul>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=TeXsystems">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=TeXsystems</a>
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