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Sadly, it’s no + longer supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a + rather ancient Linux kernel. + <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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.zip">systems/vtex/linux</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux/">browse</a>) + <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse</a>) + </dl> +<dt>PC: Windows post-95<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). The MiKTeX developers 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 (and it can, with some difficulty, be run “from + the disc” without installing <em>anything</em>). +<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’t fit in a “simple” + 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’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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma.zip">systems/win32/bakoma</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/">browse</a>) + <dt><tt><i>miktex</i></tt><dd>Acquire <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/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/2.5/Setup.aspx">the MiKTeX installation page</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>tetex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/">obsolete/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/</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 ‘contribution’. 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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse</a>) + <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse</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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.zip">systems/msdos/djgpp</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp/">browse</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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse</a>) + <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse</a>) + <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.zip">systems/vtex/os2</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2/">browse</a>) + <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse</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 ‘help’ 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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex.zip">nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/cmactex/">browse</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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/oztex.zip">nonfree/systems/mac/oztex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/oztex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/nonfree/systems/mac/oztex/">browse</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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/atari.zip">systems/atari</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/atari.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/atari/">browse</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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/amiga.zip">systems/amiga</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/amiga.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/amiga/">browse</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/><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> +</body> |