Welcome to TeX Live The TeX Live software distribution offers a complete TeX system for a variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other platforms. It encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large collection of TeX macros and font libraries. The distribution includes extensive general documentation about TeX, as well as the documentation for the included software packages. For licensing information, please see the top-level [1]LICENSE.TL and [2]LICENSE.CTAN text files. Where to start We strongly recommend that you read the TeX Live Guide before undertaking the installation. It includes step-by-step instructions, a description of the top-level directories, and more. English versions of the Guide are in the [3]texmf-doc/doc/english/ hierarchy, in both [4]html and [5]pdf formats. Translations to other languages are also available under [6]texmf-doc/doc/*. For a list of the most important changes in this year's release, see the Release history section at the end of the documentation. Installation The installation script is now named install-tl, and has both GUI (default on Windows) and text (default on everything else) operation modes. You can force one or the other with the options -gui and -no-gui, respectively. Post-installation package updates and other configuration is now performed with the tlmgr (TeX Live Package Manager) script, which likewise has both GUI and text modes. Documentation Most of the documentation can be viewed online, before the TeX system is installed. To read it most conveniently, you will need to have a browser (such as [7]Mozilla) for HTML documents, and a PDF reader (such as [8]gv or [9]xpdf or [10]Sumatra PDF (all free alternatives to Acrobat) for PDF documents. * [11]TeX Live documentation (html). * [12]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation. * The English [13]TeX FAQ ([14]pdf also available). Finally, a few related web pages, for your reference. These are not included in TeX Live: * [15]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want introductory material. * [16]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and more. * [17]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online repository of all things TeX. * [18]http://tug.org/usergroups.html - list of TeX user groups around the world, with contact information. We strongly encourage you to join the user group of your choice, to support TeX Live and other TeX activities. Happy TeXing! _________________________________________________________________ [19]TeX Live home page. References 1. file:LICENSE.TL 2. file:LICENSE.CTAN 3. file:texmf-doc/doc/english 4. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html 5. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.pdf 6. file:texmf-doc/doc/ 7. http://www.mozilla.org/ 8. http://tug.org/applications/gv/ 9. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ 10. http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/ 11. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html 12. file:doc.html 13. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/ 14. file:texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf 15. http://tug.org/begin.html 16. http://tug.org/interest.html 17. http://tug.org/ctan.html 18. http://tug.org/usergroups.html 19. http://tug.org/texlive/