@ifclear version @defcodeindex fl @defcodeindex op @end ifclear @node unixtex.ftp @chapter @file{unixtex.ftp}: Obtaining @TeX{} @cindex obtaining @TeX{} @cindex retrieving @TeX{} @flindex unixtex.ftp @flindex tug.org @flindex www.tug.org @flindex ftp.tug.org This @iftex chapter @end iftex is @uref{ftp://tug.org/tex/unixtex.ftp}, a.k.a.@: @uref{https://tug.org/unixtex.ftp}, last updated 29 February 2020. Email @email{tex-k@@tug.org} with comments or questions. The principal free @TeX{} distribution for Unix-like systems is @TeX{} Live, on the web at @url{http://tug.org/texlive}. The pages there describe many ways to acquire and/or build @TeX{}, over the Internet or on physical media, both the sources and precompiled binaries for many systems, either standalone or as part of various operating system distributions. Web2c, Kpathsea, Dvips, and Dviljk, among others, are no longer released as a separate packages. Their sources are now maintained as part of @TeX{} Live. @flindex ftp.cs.stanford.edu @flindex tex.web @cindex Knuth, Donald E., archive of programs by The host @t{ftp.cs.stanford.edu} is the original source for the files for which Donald Knuth is directly responsible: @file{tex.web}, @file{plain.tex}, etc. However, unless you want to undertake the project of building your @TeX{} system from scratch, it is more reliable and less work to retrieve these files as part of a larger package. In any case, the Stanford ftp site is not the canonical source for anything except what was created as part of Knuth's original @TeX{}, so do not rely on any other files available there being up-to-date. The best place to check for up-to-date files is CTAN (the Comprehensive @TeX{} Archive Network), @url{https://ctan.org}.