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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f91f453ce8c --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/doc/unixtex.texi @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +@ifclear version +@defcodeindex fl +@defcodeindex op +@end ifclear + +@node unixtex.ftp +@chapter @file{unixtex.ftp}: Obtaining @TeX{} + +@cindex obtaining @TeX{} +@cindex retrieving @TeX{} + +@flindex unixtex.ftp +@flindex tug.org +@flindex www.tug.org +@flindex ftp.tug.org +This +@iftex +chapter +@end iftex +is @uref{ftp://tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp}, a.k.a.@: +@uref{https://tug.org/unixtex.ftp}, last updated 29 February 2020. +Email @email{tex-k@@tug.org} with comments or questions. + +The principal free @TeX{} distribution for Unix-like systems is @TeX{} +Live, on the web at @url{http://tug.org/texlive}. The pages there +describe many ways to acquire and/or build @TeX{}, over the Internet +or on physical media, both the sources and precompiled binaries for +many systems, either standalone or as part of various operating system +distributions. + +Web2c, Kpathsea, Dvips, and Dviljk, among others, are no longer +released as a separate packages. Their sources are now maintained as +part of @TeX{} Live. + +@flindex ftp.cs.stanford.edu +@flindex tex.web +@cindex Knuth, Donald E., archive of programs by +The host @t{ftp.cs.stanford.edu} is the original source for the files +for which Donald Knuth is directly responsible: @file{tex.web}, +@file{plain.tex}, etc. However, unless you want to undertake the +project of building your @TeX{} system from scratch, it is more +reliable and less work to retrieve these files as part of a larger +package. + +In any case, the Stanford ftp site is not the canonical source for +anything except what was created as part of Knuth's original @TeX{}, +so do not rely on any other files available there being up-to-date. +The best place to check for up-to-date files is CTAN (the +Comprehensive @TeX{} Archive Network), @url{https://ctan.org}. + |