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+<!-- $Id: //depot/Master/readme.en.html#4 $ $Date: 2005/10/11 $ $Author: karl $ -->
+<title>TeX Live</title></head><body>
+
+<h2>Welcome to TeX Live</h2>
+
+<p>The <strong>TeX Live</strong> software distribution offers a complete
+TeX system for a variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other
+platforms. It encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing
+and printing of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large
+collection of TeX macros and font libraries.
+
+<p>The distribution also includes extensive general documentation about
+TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying the included software
+packages.
+
+<p>For licensing information, please see the top-level <a
+href="LICENSE.TL">LICENSE.TL</a> and <a
+href="LICENSE.CTAN">LICENSE.CTAN</a> text files.
+
+
+<h3>Where to start</h3>
+
+<p>We strongly recommend that you read the TeX Live Guide before
+undertaking the installation. It includes step-by-step instructions, a
+description of the top-level directories, and more.
+
+<p>English versions of the Guide are in the <a
+href="texmf-doc/doc/english">texmf-doc/doc/english/</a> hierarchy, in
+both <a href="texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html">html</a> and
+<a href="texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf">pdf</a> formats.
+Translations to other languages are also available under <a
+href="texmf-doc/doc/">texmf-doc/doc/*</a>.
+
+<p>For a list of the most important changes in this year's release,
+see the "Release history" section at the end of the documentation.
+
+
+<h3>Installation</h3>
+
+<p>Space limitations of CD-ROM format have forced us to divide TeX Live
+into several distributions. You can tell which one you're in by looking
+for a <tt>00<i>type</i>.TL</tt> file in this top-level directory.
+
+<dl>
+<dt><b>live</b></dt>
+<dd>A complete system on DVD; it is too large for CD. You can run
+ programs directly from the mounted DVD; see the documentation for
+ details. Or you can install to disk by executing the script
+ <tt>install-tl.sh</tt> in the <tt>texlive</tt> directory under Unix,
+ including MacOSX. A Windows installer named <tt>tlpmgui</tt> is also
+ available, in the <tt>setup-win32</tt> directory.
+
+ <p>The live DVD also contains other distributions: proTeXt (see
+ below); MacTeX, for MacOSX; and a snapshot of CTAN. Each of these are
+ completely independent from TeX Live, with different licensing
+ conditions.
+</dd>
+
+<dt><b>inst(allable)</b></dt>
+<dd>A complete system on CD, for installing on Unix (including MacOSX)
+ or Windows; in order to make it fit, we had to compress everything we
+ could. Therefore, it is not possible to run TeX directly from the
+ installable CD; you have to install it to disk (hence its name). Do
+ this by running <tt>./install-tl.sh</tt> on Unix or MacOSX, or
+ <tt>setup-win32/tlpmgui</tt> on Windows.
+ <p><!-- spacing kludge -->
+</dd>
+
+<dt><b>protext</b></dt>
+<dd>The proTeXt distribution for Windows is an enhancement of MiKTeX: it
+ adds a few extra tools, and simplifies installation considerably. It is
+ completely independent of TeX Live, and has its own installation
+ instructions. It can be run live or installed to disk. proTeXt is
+ provided on the live DVD, and (for some user groups) its own CD.
+ <p><!-- spacing kludge -->
+</dd>
+
+</dl>
+
+<p>Naturally, each user group chooses what to distribute, at its own
+discretion. (TUG is sending all three discs above to all of its
+members.)
+
+<p>CD format details: For Unix and Mac, the CD's use the Rock Ridge
+extensions to the standard ISO-9660 format. For Windows, Microsoft
+Joliet extensions are used. In any case, you should see the full names
+after mounting. If you see truncated names, you cannot run programs
+directly. If you have plenty of bandwidth and know how to burn discs,
+the <a href="http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Images/">ISO images are
+available online</a>. The <a
+href="http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Contents/">contents are also available
+for browsing</a>.
+
+
+<h3>Documentation</h3>
+
+<p>Most of the documentation can be viewed online, before the TeX system
+is installed. To read it most conveniently, you will need to have a
+browser (such as <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a>, the free
+version of Netscape) for HTML documents, and a PDF reader (such as <a
+href="http://tug.org/applications/gv/">gv</a> or <a
+href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">xpdf</a>, both free alternatives to
+Acrobat) for PDF documents.
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html"><strong>TeX Live
+ documentation</strong></a> (html).
+
+<li><a href="doc.html">Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation</a>.
+
+<li>TeX FAQ's in the distribution:
+ <a href="texmf-doc/doc/czechslovak/cstug/csfaq/">Czech/Slovak</a>,
+ <a href="texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf">English</a> (pdf),
+ <a href="texmf-doc/doc/french/FAQ-fr/">French</a>,
+ <a href="texmf-doc/doc/german/FAQ-ge/">German</a>,
+</ul>
+
+<p>Finally, some related web pages, for your reference. These are not
+included in TeX Live:
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://tug.org/begin.html">http://tug.org/begin.html</a>
+ - if you are new to TeX and/or want introductory material.
+<li><a href="http://tug.org/interest.html">http://tug.org/interest.html</a>
+ - general list of TeX web resources, including documentation,
+ systems, packages, fonts, and more.
+<li><a href="http://tug.org/ctan.html">http://tug.org/ctan.html</a>
+ - one entry point into the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN),
+ which is an online repository of all things TeX.
+<li><a href="http://tug.org/usergroups.html">http://tug.org/usergroups.html</a>
+ - list of TeX user groups around the world, with contact
+ information. We strongly encourage you to join the user group of
+ your choice, to support TeX Live and other TeX activities.
+</ul>
+
+
+<h4>Happy TeXing!</h4>
+
+<hr><small><a href="http://tug.org/tex-live/">TeX Live home page.</a></small>
+</body></html>