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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex index 90ea3f187f3..7cd03a0b968 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex @@ -447,14 +447,15 @@ to pdf\TeX\ (mentioned above). \subsection{Starting the installer} \label{sec:inst-start} -To begin, get the \TK{} \DVD{} or download the \TL{} net installer, and -locate the installer script: \filename{install-tl} for Unix, -\filename{install-tl-windows.bat} for Windows. See +To begin, get the \TK{} \DVD{} or download the \TL{} net installer.%, and +%locate the installer script: \filename{install-tl} for Unix, +%\filename{install-tl-windows.bat} for Windows. +See \url{http://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html} for more information and other methods of getting the software. \begin{description} -\item [Net installer:] Download from \CTAN, under +\item [Net installer, zip or tar.gz:] Download from \CTAN, under \dirname{systems/texlive/tlnet}; the url \url{http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet} will automatically redirect to a nearby, up-to-date, mirror. You can retrieve either @@ -464,6 +465,13 @@ only. After unpacking, \filename{install-tl} and \filename{install-tl-windows.bat} will be in the \dirname{install-tl} subdirectory. +\item[Net installer, Windows exe:] Download from \CTAN{} as above, +and double-click. This starts up a first-stage installer and +unpacker; see Figure~\ref{fig:nsis}. It gives three choices: +``Simple install'' starts up the wizard installer, ``Custom +install'' the expert GUI installer, as described in +section~\ref{sec:wininst}. A third option is just unpacking. + \item [\TeX{} Collection \DVD:] go to the \DVD's \dirname{texlive} subdirectory. Under Windows, the installer normally starts automatically when you insert the \DVD. You can get the \DVD\ by becoming a member of @@ -476,6 +484,11 @@ Internet, please see \ref{sec:dvd-install-net-updates}. \end{description} +\begin{figure}[tb] +\tlpng{nsis_installer}{.6\linewidth} +\caption{First stage of Windows .exe installer}\label{fig:nsis} +\end{figure} + The same installer program is run, whatever the source. The most visible difference between the two is that with the net installer, what you end up with is the packages that are currently available. This is @@ -542,9 +555,9 @@ are precisely the same. It adds a few extra folders with Mac-specific documentation and applications. -\subsubsection{Windows} +\subsubsection{Windows}\label{sec:wininst} -If you are using the net installer, or the \DVD\ installer failed to +If you are using the unpacked downloaded zip file, or the \DVD\ installer failed to start automatically, double-click \filename{install-tl-windows.bat}. For more customization options, e.g., selection of specific package collections, run \filename{install-tl-advanced.bat} instead. @@ -553,12 +566,12 @@ You can also start the installer from the command-prompt. Below, \texttt{>} denotes the prompt; user input is \Ucom{\texttt{bold}}. If you are in the installer directory, run just: \begin{alltt} -> \Ucom{install-tl} +> \Ucom{install-tl-windows} \end{alltt} Or you can invoke it with an absolute location, such as: \begin{alltt} -> \Ucom{D:\bs{}texlive\bs{}install-tl} +> \Ucom{D:\bs{}texlive\bs{}install-tl-windows} \end{alltt} for the \TK\ \DVD, supposing that \dirname{D:} is the optical drive. Figure~\ref{fig:wizard-w32} displays the wizard installer, which @@ -566,12 +579,12 @@ is the default for Windows. To install in text mode, use: \begin{alltt} -> \Ucom{install-tl -no-gui} +> \Ucom{install-tl-windows -no-gui} \end{alltt} For a complete listing of the various options: \begin{alltt} -> \Ucom{install-tl -help} +> \Ucom{install-tl-windows -help} \end{alltt} \begin{figure}[tb] @@ -670,7 +683,7 @@ could devise, called the ``wizard'' installer no questions. If you want to customize your setup, you should run one of the other installers. -This mode can be invoked explicitly with +On other platforms, this mode can be invoked explicitly with \begin{alltt} > \Ucom{install-tl -gui=wizard} \end{alltt} @@ -1696,12 +1709,11 @@ variables permanently also requires registry access. In later versions of Windows, a distinction is made between regular users and administrators, where only the latter have free access to the -entire operating system. In practice, though, you could better describe -these classes of users as unprivileged users and normal users: being an -administrator is the rule, not the exception. Nevertheless, we have made +entire operating system. We have made an effort to make \TL{} installable without administrative privileges. -If the user is an administrator, there is an option to install for all +If the installer is started with administrative permissions, +there is an option to install for all users. If this option is chosen, shortcuts are created for all users, and the system environment is modified. Otherwise, shortcuts and menu entries are created for the current user, and the user environment is @@ -1721,7 +1733,7 @@ be always usable from within such a command-prompt. The shortcut for \TeX{}works, if installed, also prepends \TL{} to the search path, so it should also be immune to this path problem. -For Windows Vista and later there is another twist: even if you are +For Windows Vista and later you should be aware that even if you are logged in as administrator, you need to explicitly ask for administrator privileges. In fact, there is not much point in logging in as administrator. Instead, right-clicking on the program or shortcut that |