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+This material is public domain, CC0.
+
+To the extent possible under law, Jim Hefferon has waived all
+copyright and related or neighboring rights to A First Set of LaTeX
+Packages. This work is published from: United States.
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+README for A First Set of LaTeX Packages
+
+A short list of go-to LaTeX packages, aimed at a beginner.
+
+INSTALL
+
+The .html file is generated from the .tex file by running this.
+
+  $ make4ht first-packages.tex
+
+I modified it by replacing the missing ligatures, omitting some of the
+shrunken acronymns, fixing XeLaTeX, and omitting the paragraph indents.
+
+
+VIDEO
+
+A video presentation of this document is at https://youtu.be/9dmyqS3DWBc.
+
+
+HISTORY
+2020-Jul-11 Written Jim Hefferon http://hefferon.net
+2020-Nov-11 Version 1.0, upload to CTAN
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+
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+\usepackage{multicol}
+\setlength{\columnsep}{2em}
+
+\usepackage{graphicx}  % needed for \XeLaTeX command
+\usepackage{listings}
+\lstset{basicstyle = \small\ttfamily,
+        keepspaces=true,
+        columns=fullflexible,
+        xleftmargin=10pt}
+
+% Get ISO dates
+\usepackage[style=iso]{datetime2}
+
+% Color for links
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+% Color theme from Rodryggo Sylva
+% https://color.adobe.com/explore?page=2
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+    linkcolor=darkred,
+    filecolor=darkred,      
+    urlcolor=darkred,
+}
+
+
+% ? This worked for a while and then it didn't, so I wrapped \url{..}
+\newcommand{\pkg}[1]{\href{https://ctan.org/pkg/#1}{\texttt{#1}}}
+
+% Logos and acronyms, some of them to match TUGboat commands
+\RequirePackage{mflogo} % for MetaPost \MP
+ 
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+\newcommand\PDFLaTeX{\pdfLaTeX}
+\newcommand\LuaLaTeX{Lua\LaTeX}
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+
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+  \ifdim \fontdimen1\font>0pt
+     B{\SMC\SMC IB}%
+  \else
+     B\textsc{ib}%
+  \fi
+}
+\def\BibLaTeX{\Bib\kern.02em \LaTeX}
+\def\BibTeX{\Bib\kern-.08em \TeX}
+
+\newcommand{\PDF}{\acro{PDF}}
+\newcommand{\CTAN}{\acro{CTAN}}
+\newcommand{\URL}{\acro{URL}}
+
+% Style I chopped out of ltugboat.cls
+\usepackage{dash}
+
+% Section title styling
+\usepackage{titlesec}
+\titleformat{\section}[hang]{\color{darkblue}\large\bf}{}{0pt}{}
+% \titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{2ex plus 0.1ex minus 0.05ex}{0.85ex plus 0.05ex}
+\titlespacing{\section}{0pt}{*2.0}{*0.85}
+
+% Give paras just a bit of room
+\setlength{\parskip}{0.45ex}
+
+
+\pagestyle{empty}
+\begin{document}\thispagestyle{empty}
+\begin{center}
+  {\color{darkblue}\Large\bf A First Set of \LaTeX\ Packages}  \\[1.5ex]
+  {\color{darkblue}\large Jim Hef{}feron}  
+\end{center}
+\vspace{1.5ex}
+
+\begin{multicols*}{2}
+If you are a \LaTeX{} beginner and ask, 
+``How do I \ldots{}\,?'' 
+then often you will be told that there is a package for that.
+You may well next ask, 
+``How would I know that?  
+And if there is more than one package then which should I use?''
+
+This list covers most of what
+beginners want to do.
+Its goal is to cite one 
+package in each area that is capable and reliable, and 
+that is in
+% \textsf{Mac}\kern-0.35pt\TeX, 
+Mac\kern-0.35pt\TeX, 
+MiK\TeX, and \TeX\ Live.
+(There are some extra comments in parentheses that
+often come up along with the recommendations.)
+
+
+
+% ==============================
+\section{Introduction}
+For \LaTeX{} users, the canonical archive is 
+the Comprehensive \TeX{} Archive Network, 
+\href{https://ctan.org}{\color{darkblue}\CTAN}.
+It has the latest official versions of 
+the packages in the distributions,
+with documentation.
+And, \href{https://ctan.org/topics/cloud}{\color{darkblue}searching by topic}
+is very handy.
+
+You can also see the package documentation installed on 
+your computer by typing 
+\verb!texdoc <packagename>! % space too wide?
+in a terminal window.
+
+Before the list, one more note.
+If you are writing for a journal or 
+institution that has its own package then of course you should 
+use that.
+Look on their web page and on \CTAN.
+
+
+
+% ===================================
+\section{Every document}
+To change page size, margins, and orientation, use 
+\pkg{geometry}.
+Get multiple columns with \pkg{multicol}.
+
+Any document containing significant amounts of mathematics should use 
+the American Mathematical Society's packages
+\pkg{amsmath}
+and 
+\pkg{amssymb}.
+I also use \pkg{amsthm}
+for producing theorem environments.
+Notes: (1)~\pkg{amssymb} inputs \pkg{amsfonts} so you don't need to load
+the latter,
+(2)~many authors also use the caligraphic characters in \pkg{rfsf},
+(3)~get bold math symbols with \pkg{bm}, 
+(4)~load \texttt{amsthm} after \texttt{amsmath},
+and (5)~don't load \texttt{amsmath} directly, instead get it by loading 
+\pkg{mathtools} for some useful improvements.
+
+You can toss in 
+\pkg{microtype}.
+My eye can't spot the improvements but I appreciate that
+it means there are fewer awkward lines.
+
+
+% ===================================
+\section{Inside a document}
+To tweak lists, use \pkg{enumitem}.
+
+Enhance captions with 
+\pkg{caption}
+and control floating environments with 
+\pkg{float}.
+(In particular, this package provides the option `\texttt{H}' 
+to override automatic float placement and put something
+exactly where you ask.)
+
+Get hyperlinks and turn references into links with 
+\pkg{hyperref}
+(this should be the last or next to last package
+that you load).
+Make cross-references say `Theorem~1.2' instead of just `1.2'
+with the one-r-ed \pkg{cleveref}
+(load it after \texttt{hyperref}).
+Have \acro{URL}'s and file paths that can linebreak with 
+\pkg{url}.
+(If you use \texttt{hyperref} then note that it has its own 
+commands for the \texttt{cleveref} and \texttt{url} functions.)
+
+I do code listings with 
+\pkg{listings},
+although \pkg{minted} is also great. 
+Make single quotes inside verbatim text come out correctly with 
+\pkg{upquote}.
+
+(A tangent:~copy and paste for computer code listings would be especially 
+convenient.
+This is a start for the \texttt{listings} package.
+\begin{lstlisting}
+\lstset{basicstyle = \ttfamily,
+        keepspaces=true,
+        columns=fullflexible}
+\end{lstlisting}
+But it is not a full solution.  
+The results depend on the \PDF{} viewer and 
+worse, if your code line begins with
+blank spaces then after copy and paste those spaces are gone.) 
+
+If you use Python, 
+\pkg{pythontex}
+will show code listings, but it also allows you to execute
+Python and put the results in your output.
+Do the same for 
+the \textit{Sage} mathematics software with \pkg{sagetex},
+and similar systems exist for R, Haskell, and Scheme.
+
+There are many package that add table capabilities such as
+multirow entries and breaking across pages.
+I most often use \pkg{array}, which lets you define your own column
+types.
+To handle units, 
+use \pkg{siunitx} 
+(which also has a table column type for aligning on a decimal point).
+
+Make boxes that are colored or framed, such as boxes for theorems,
+with
+\pkg{tcolorbox}.
+
+% Finally, when developing a document I often want some filler text.
+% I use 
+% \pkg{lipsum}.
+
+
+% ===================================
+\section{Graphics and color}
+To include graphics and do simple manipulations such as resizing, 
+use \pkg{graphicx}.
+Use the \acro{JPG} format for photos,
+\acro{PNG} for other kinds of raster graphics,
+and \PDF{} for vector graphics.
+If your graphic is in another format then convert it to one of these three.
+(Usually you give the file name without the extension,
+as with \verb!\includegraphics{graph}!.)
+Include parts of a \PDF{} document with
+\pkg{pdfpages}.
+Include video or sound using
+\pkg{media9}.
+
+For colors, use 
+\pkg{xcolor}
+(although the documentation can be hard to make out).
+
+To make plots and graphics, I use 
+\href{https://asymptote.sourceforge.io/}{\Asymptote{}},
+a development of \MP{} with three dimensional
+constructs.
+However, many people instead draw graphics 
+inside the document with 
+\href{https://ctan.org/pkg/pgf}{\TikZ}.
+
+
+\section{Front and back matter, headers, footers}
+To style chapter and section titles, use
+\pkg{titlesec}.
+For page headers and footers, reach for 
+\pkg{fancyhdr}.
+You can tweak the format of tables of contents, lists of figures, etc., 
+with
+\pkg{tocloft}.
+
+Write exercise answers to an external file so that you can read them in 
+later with 
+\pkg{answers}.
+I like footnotes at the page bottom so I use 
+\pkg{footmisc}
+(but I had to hack to change the space between a footnote mark and 
+the footnote).
+Make an index with 
+\pkg{makeindex}.
+
+Bibliographies are a thorny area.
+Often you have strict requirements, such as from the
+\pkg{MLA}.
+\CTAN{} is a big help here; check out the many styles for both
+\href{https://ctan.org/topic/bibtex-sty}{\BibTeX}
+and
+\href{https://ctan.org/topic/biblatex}{\BibLaTeX}.
+
+
+
+
+\section{Special documents}
+Make exams and problem sets with the 
+\pkg{exam} class.
+
+There are many, many resume and CV packages.
+Start with \acro{CTAN}'s
+\href{https://ctan.org/topic/cv}{\textit{cv}} topic.
+
+To make presentations, use the 
+\pkg{beamer} class.
+(But with this package you are entering another world, where many of the
+packages discussed here do not work.
+For example, section title styling happens via a completely
+different mechanism.)
+
+
+
+\section{Fonts and engines}
+To see options besides the default Computer Modern fonts,
+visit the 
+\href{https://www.tug.org/FontCatalogue/}{\LaTeX\ Font Catalogue},
+which includes copy and paste code to make each one work.
+
+Beyond that list, you can also use any font that your computer has 
+(which usually works well only if your document 
+does not have much mathematics).
+To convert \LaTeX{} source to \PDF{} there are
+three programs, called engines.
+Most people use \PDFLaTeX.
+The \XeLaTeX{} engine and the \LuaLaTeX{} engine can leverage
+the \pkg{fontspec}
+package to use your system's fonts.
+(A word about the preprint site \texttt{arXiv.org}.
+If your document was produced with \XeLaTeX{} or \LuaLaTeX{} then 
+you can only submit a \PDF, not the document source.)
+
+\LaTeX{} now defaults to UTF-8 encoded input on all three engines.
+Use \pkg{babel} for internationalization, such as changing the 
+the title of the abstract or the bibliography.
+
+\vspace*{2ex}
+\noindent{\color{lightblue}\rule{\linewidth}{0.4pt}}
+
+\section{Feedback?}
+Contact me via 
+\href{https://hefferon.net}{\color{lightblue}\texttt{hefferon.net}}.
+(This version is from \today.)
+% The source is at
+% \href{https://gitlab.com/jim.hefferon/latexpackages}{\color{lightblue}my GitLab repository}.)
+\end{multicols*}
+
+\end{document}
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
index 37ed8cd51c6..d33257501e8 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tlpkg-ctan-check
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ my @TLP_working = qw(
     fibeamer fifinddo-info fifo-stack fig4latex figbas figbib figflow figsize
     filecontents filecontentsdef filedate filehook fileinfo filemod
     findhyph fink finstrut fira firamath firamath-otf
-    first-latex-doc firstaid fitbox fithesis
+    first-latex-doc first-packages firstaid fitbox fithesis
     fix2col fixcmex fixfoot fixjfm fixlatvian fixltxhyph fixme fixmetodonotes
     fixpdfmag fiziko
     fjodor
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-langenglish.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-langenglish.tlpsrc
index 62c29b88d83..57348fac89f 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-langenglish.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/collection-langenglish.tlpsrc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ depend dickimaw
 depend docsurvey
 depend dtxtut
 depend first-latex-doc
+depend first-packages
 depend forest-quickstart
 depend gentle
 depend guide-to-latex
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/first-packages.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/first-packages.tlpsrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/first-packages.tlpsrc