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@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
TeX Live, which is distributed as part of the
<a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX collection</a>.
<p/> Members of many TeX user groups receive copies of the collection
- (on CD and DVD), as part of their membership of the
- groups.
+ (on DVD), as part of their membership of the groups.
<p/> MacOS/X is also a Unix-based system; however users should refer to
the information below, under item &ldquo;Mac&rdquo;.
- <dl>
- <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
+<p/> TeX Live may also be installed &ldquo;over the network&rdquo;; a network
+ installer is provided, and once you have a system, a manager
+ (<i>tlmgr</i>) can both keep your installation up-to-date and
+ add packages you didn&rsquo;t install at first.
+<p/> <dl>
+ <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Unix)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/texlive/tlnet/2008/install-tl-unx.tar.gz">systems/texlive/tlnet/2008/install-tl-unx.tar.gz</a>
</dl>
<dt>Linux<dd> GNU/Linux users are supported by TeX Live (as noted
above).
@@ -28,19 +32,34 @@
production of PDF from (La)TeX input. Sadly, it&rsquo;s no
longer supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a
rather ancient Linux kernel.
+<p/> For the future, the MiKTeX developer intends to release a version
+ of that excellent (Windows) system for use on Linux; a beta version
+ is available via <a href="http://miktex.org/unx/">the MiKTeX site</a>.
<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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.zip">systems/vtex/linux</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
-<dt>PC: Windows post-95<dd>
+<dt>PC: Windows<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
+ HTML files in the directory offer hints on what you need to
+ get going). MiKTeX can automatically install packages that it
+ &ldquo;knows about&rdquo;, but that aren&rsquo;t in your system (it gets them over
+ the network). Furthermore, users may keep their installation
+ up-to-date, over the network: the distribution contains a &ldquo;package
+ manager&rdquo;, through which the user may select individual packages, or
+ request that every extant update be retrieved.
+<p/> MiKTeX may also be used in a configuration which involves no
+ installation at all: its &ldquo;portable&rdquo; distribution may be unpacked
+ on a memory stick, and used on any windows computer without making
+ any direct use of the hard drive. This is the first &ldquo;official&rdquo;
+ release of such a setup, though a similar object has been available
+ on the net for some time.
+<p/> The MiKTeX developers also 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.
@@ -52,8 +71,8 @@
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 &ldquo;from
- the disc&rdquo; without installing <em>anything</em>).
+ TeX collection. The system may also be installed over the
+ network, using an installer application tailored for use with Windows.
<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,
@@ -86,13 +105,15 @@
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
+ <dt><tt><i>bakoma</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/win32/bakoma/">systems/win32/bakoma/</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>miktex</i></tt><dd>Acquire <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/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>
+ <a href="http://www.miktex.org/2.7/setup">the MiKTeX installation page</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>Portable miktex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/win32/miktex/setup/miktex-portable.exe">systems/win32/miktex/setup/miktex-portable.exe</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>protext.exe</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/win32/protext/">systems/win32/protext/</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Windows)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/texlive/tlnet/2008/install-tl.zip">systems/texlive/tlnet/2008/install-tl.zip</a>
</dl>
<dt>PC: MSDOS or OS/2<dd> EmTeX, by Eberhard Mattes,
includes LaTeX, BibTeX, previewers, and drivers, and is
@@ -110,15 +131,15 @@
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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>emtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse the directory</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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>djgpp</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.zip">systems/msdos/djgpp</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<dt>PC: OS/2<dd> EmTeX, by Eberhard Mattes (see
above), was actually developed under OS/2, and lives happily
@@ -128,10 +149,10 @@
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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>emtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.zip">systems/vtex/os2</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
@@ -174,24 +195,24 @@
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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>cmactex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex.zip">systems/mac/cmactex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex/">browse the directory</a>)
+ <dt><tt><i>mactex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/mac/mactex/">systems/mac/mactex/</a>
+ <dt><tt><i>oztex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex.zip">systems/mac/oztex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/">browse the directory</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>
+ <dt><tt><i>OpenVMS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archivesystems/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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>Atari TeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/atari.zip">systems/atari</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/atari/">browse the directory</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>)
+ <dt><tt><i>PasTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/amiga.zip">systems/amiga</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/systems/amiga/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<dt>TOPS-20<dd> TeX was originally written on a DEC-10
under WAITS,