diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html | 46 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..b5317c52051 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +<head> +<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label inst-tds-zip</title> +</head><body> +<h3>Installing using preformatted ZIP files</h3> +<p/>Installing packages, as they (“traditionally”) appear on +CTAN, involves: +<ul> +<li> identifying where to put the various files on an TDS + tree, +<li> installing them, and +<li> a few housekeeping operations. +</ul> +Most people, for most packages, find the first two steps onerous, the +last being easy (unless it is forgotten!). +<p/>Preformatted ZIP files (also known as +<a href="FAQ-tds-zip.html">TDS ZIP files</a>) are designed to lighten +the load of performing the first two steps of installation: they +contain all the files that are that’s to be installed for a given +package, in their “correct” locations in a +<a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS tree</a>. +<p/>To install such a file on a Unix system (we assume that you’ll install +into the local TEXMF tree): +<blockquote> +<pre> +cd $TEXMFLOCAL +unzip $package.tds.zip +</pre> +</blockquote><p> +<p/>On a Windows system that is modern enough that it has a built-in +ZIP unpacker, simply double-click on the file, and browse to +where it’s to be unpacked. (We trust that those using earlier +versions of Windows will already have experience of using +<i>WinZIP</i> or the like.) +<p/>Having unpacked the <code>.zip</code> archive, in most cases the only +remaining chore is to update the file indexes — as in +<a href="FAQ-inst-wlcf.html">normal installation instructions</a>. However, if +the package provides a font, you also need to enable the font’s map, +which is discussed in +“<a href="FAQ-instt1font.html">Installing a Type 1 font</a>” +<p/>At the time of writing, there are rather few <code>.tds.zip</code> +files (by comparison with the huge number of packages that are +available). As packages are updated, the number of files is +steadily increasing, but it will be a long time before the whole set +is covered. +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-tds-zip">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=inst-tds-zip</a> +</body> |