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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL index d351b7165cd..d714fd99398 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ INSTALLING latexmk ================== - (Version 4.05, 11 April 2008) + (Version 4.20, 12 November 2010) John Collins Physics Department @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ U.S.A. http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/ - http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/software/latexmk/ + http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/latexmk/ username collins at node phys.psu.edu (E-mail address obfuscated to avoid being harvested by worms and spammers) @@ -36,18 +36,52 @@ systems with suitable customization. On all systems, the prequisites are a. A working installation of Perl. (See http://www.cpan.org/ if you - don't have one.) + don't have one. Modern UNIX-like systems, particularly linux and + OS-X, normally have perl installed by default.) b. A working installation of TeX and LaTeX. (See http://www.ctan.org/ if you don't have one.) +!!!! IMPORTANT NOTE: !!!! +=========================== + +If you have installed a modern distribution of TeX and friends, you +may find that latexmk is installed on your computer. If not, it can +be installed by using your distribution's package manager. + +This is definitely the case for TeXLive 2009 or later, which is also +an essential component of MacTeX. I have also read that another major +distribution MiKTeX also includes latexmk, but I have not checked this +for myself. + +You can test whether latexmk is already installed by trying the +command "latexmk -v" from the command line. If this succeeds, then +latexmk is already installed. Otherwise, if you are using TeXLive or +MacTeX, then you can simply use its package manager to get latexmk +installed, the same as for any other missing package. + +If you are on MS-Windows and you are using TeXLive (2009, or later), +this distribution also includes a distribution of Perl sufficient to +run latexmk.pl, so you don't need to install Perl separately. It also +includes an executable file latexmk.exe that runs latexmk, so you +don't have to use the latexmk.bat that is part of the latexmk +distribution. + + + Installing on UNIX/LINUX ======================== (Power users can modify these as appropriate.) +NOTE: If you are using TeXLive 2009 or later, you can install latexmk +simply by using the TeXLive package manager. In fact, depending on +how much of TeXLive you have already installed, latexmk may already +have been installed. In that case you don't normally need to bother +with the manual installation explained below. + 1. Make sure you have working installations of Perl and TeX/LaTeX. 2. Put the file latexmk.pl in a directory for executable files. For @@ -142,6 +176,12 @@ Installing on MS-Windows (Power users can modify these as appropriate.) +NOTE: If you are using TeXLive 2009 or later, you can install latexmk +simply by using the TeXLive package manager. In fact, depending on +how much of TeXLive you have already installed, latexmk may already +have been installed. In that case you don't normally need to bother +with the manual installation explained below. + 1. Make sure you have working installations of Perl and TeX/LaTeX, complete with viewers for dvi and/or postscript files. @@ -308,7 +348,7 @@ Version 2 was modified by Evan McLean. The current version is by John Collins (username collins at node phys.psu.edu) -- other contact details at the top. It is copyright -1998-2009 by John Collins, and the previous authors; see the copyright +1998-2010 by John Collins, and the previous authors; see the copyright notice in the latexmk.pl file, which gives permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation under the terms of the GNU Public License. |