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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
INSTALLATION
+The best method of installing is through your TeX package
+manager, but if you need to use the manual method for some
+reason, follow the instructions below.
+
If you have downloaded the glossaries package using the TeX
Directory Structure (TDS), that is you have downloaded the archive
glossaries.tds.zip containing doc, tex, scripts and source
@@ -24,19 +28,17 @@ INSTALLING FROM TDS
===================
Files in tex and doc directories should go in the corresponding
-TEXMF directories (for example, /usr/share/texmf-local/ or
+TEXMF directories (for example, ~/texmf or /usr/share/texmf-local/ or
C:\localtexmf\). The scripts/glossaries/ directory contains the Perl
script makeglossaries and the batch file makeglossaries.bat which
should go somewhere on your operating system's PATH. (Both files are
required for Windows, but only the Perl script is required for other
-operating systems.)
-
-*Remember to refresh TeX's database*
+operating systems.) Similarly for makeglossaries-lite.lua, which is
+a Lua alternative.
Example (on UNIX like systems):
unzip glossaries.tds.zip -d ~/texmf/
-texhash ~/texmf/
A minimal example file called minimalgls.tex is provided for testing
and debugging purposes and can be found in the package documentation
@@ -107,8 +109,6 @@ will need to have Perl installed to be able to use makeglossaries.
(It is possible to use makeindex or xindy directly if you don't have
Perl installed. See the manual, glossaries.pdf, for details.)
-*Remember to refresh TeX's database*
-
A minimal example file called minimalgls.tex is provided for testing
and debugging purposes. This file is created along with all the other
sample files when you run glossaries.ins through LaTeX. To test your