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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 also includes extensive general documentation about
   TeX, as well as the documentation accompanying 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

   Space limitations of CD-ROM format have forced us to divide TeX Live
   into several distributions. You can tell which one you're in by
   looking for a 00type.TL file in this top-level directory.

   live
          A complete system on DVD; it is too large for CD. You can run
          programs directly from the mounted DVD; see the documentation
          for details. Or you can install to disk by executing the script
          install-tl.sh in the texlive directory under Unix, including
          MacOSX. A Windows installer named tlpmgui is also available, in
          the setup-win32 directory.

          The live DVD also contains other distributions: proTeXt (see
          below); MacTeX, for MacOSX; and a snapshot of CTAN. Each of
          these are completely independent from TeX Live, with different
          licensing conditions.

   inst(allable)
          A complete system on CD, for installing on Unix (including
          MacOSX) or Windows; in order to make it fit, we had to compress
          everything we could. Therefore, it is not possible to run TeX
          directly from the installable CD; you have to install it to
          disk (hence its name). Do this by running ./install-tl.sh on
          Unix or MacOSX, or setup-win32/tlpmgui on Windows.

   protext
          The proTeXt distribution for Windows is an enhancement of
          MiKTeX: it adds a few extra tools, and simplifies installation
          considerably. It is completely independent of TeX Live, and has
          its own installation instructions. It can be run live or
          installed to disk. proTeXt is provided on the live DVD, and
          (for some user groups) its own CD.

   Naturally, each user group chooses what to distribute, at its own
   discretion. (TUG is sending all three discs above to all of its
   members.)

   CD format details: For Unix and Mac, the CD's use the Rock Ridge
   extensions to the standard ISO-9660 format. For Windows, Microsoft
   Joliet extensions are used. In any case, you should see the full names
   after mounting. If you see truncated names, you cannot run programs
   directly. If you have plenty of bandwidth and know how to burn discs,
   the [7]ISO images are available online. The [8]contents are also
   available for browsing.

  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 [9]Mozilla, the free version of Netscape) for HTML
   documents, and a PDF reader (such as [10]gv or [11]xpdf, both free
   alternatives to Acrobat) for PDF documents.
     * [12]TeX Live documentation (html).
     * [13]Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation.
     * TeX FAQ's in the distribution: [14]Czech/Slovak, [15]English
       (pdf), [16]French, [17]German,

   Finally, some related web pages, for your reference. These are not
   included in TeX Live:
     * [18]http://tug.org/begin.html - if you are new to TeX and/or want
       introductory material.
     * [19]http://tug.org/interest.html - general list of TeX web
       resources, including documentation, systems, packages, fonts, and
       more.
     * [20]http://tug.org/ctan.html - one entry point into the
       Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN), which is an online
       repository of all things TeX.
     * [21]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!
     _________________________________________________________________

   [22]TeX Live home page.

References

   1. LICENSE.TL
   2. LICENSE.CTAN
   3. texmf-doc/doc/english
   4. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
   5. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.pdf
   6. texmf-doc/doc/
   7. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Images/
   8. http://tug.org/ftp/texlive/Contents/
   9. http://www.mozilla.org/
  10. http://tug.org/applications/gv/
  11. http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
  12. texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/live.html
  13. doc.html
  14. texmf-doc/doc/czechslovak/cstug/csfaq/
  15. texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf
  16. texmf-doc/doc/french/FAQ-fr/
  17. texmf-doc/doc/german/FAQ-ge/
  18. http://tug.org/begin.html
  19. http://tug.org/interest.html
  20. http://tug.org/ctan.html
  21. http://tug.org/usergroups.html
  22. http://tug.org/tex-live/