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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-sysunix.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-sysunix.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..98f6da245f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-sysunix.html @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label sysunix</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Unix and GNU Linux systems</h3> +<p/><blockquote> + Note that Mac OS/X, though it is also a Unix-based system, has + different options; users should refer to the information in + <a href="FAQ-sysmac.html">Mac systems</a>. +</blockquote><p> +<p/>The TeX distribution of choice, for Unix systems (including +GNU/Linux and most other free Unix-like systems) is TeX Live, +which is distributed as part of the <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX collection</a>. +<p/>TeX Live may also be installed “over the network”; a network +installer is provided, and once you have a system (whether network- or +offline-installed) a manager (<i>tlmgr</i>) can both keep your +installation up-to-date and add packages you didn’t install at first. +<p/>TeX Live may be run with no installation at all; the web page +<a href="http://www.tug.org/texlive/portable.html">TeX Live portable usage</a> +describes the options for installing TeX Live on a memory stick for +use on another computer, or for using the TeX Live DVD with +no installation at all. +<p/>TeX-gpc is a “back-to-basics” distribution of TeX utilities, +<em>only</em> (unlike TeX Live, no ‘tailored’ package bundles are +provided). It is distributed as source, and compiles with GNU +Pascal, thereby coming as close as you’re likely to get to Knuth’s original +distribution. It is known to work well, but the omission of e-TeX +and PDFTeX will rule it out of many users’ choices. +<p/>A free version of the commercial +<a href="FAQ-commercial.html">VTeX extended TeX system</a> is available for +use under Linux. VTeX, among other things, specialises in direct +production of PDF from (La)TeX input. Sadly, it’s no longer +supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a rather +ancient Linux kernel. +<p/>Finally, the developer of MiKTeX has released a port of the +PDFTeX executable from of that excellent (Windows) system for use +on Linux; get it via +<a href="http://miktex.org/unx/">the MiKTeX site</a>. The MiKTeX +package manager (<i>mpm</i>), for Linux, is also available from +the same place. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>tex-gpc</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/unix/tex-gpc.zip">systems/unix/tex-gpc</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/unix/tex-gpc/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/tex-gpc.html">catalogue entry</a> +<dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive">systems/texlive</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/texlive.html">catalogue entry</a> +<dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Unix)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz">systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz</a> +<dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/vtex/linux.zip">systems/vtex/linux</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/vtex/linux/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/vtex-free.html">catalogue entry</a> +<dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>) +</dl> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=sysunix">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=sysunix</a> +</body> |