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<head>
<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label TeXsystems</title>
</head><body>
<h3>(La)TeX for different machines</h3>
<!-- windows,macintosh,macos,ms-dos,os/2,unix,linux -->
<p/>We list here the free or shareware packages;

  another question addresses
  <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">commercial TeX vendors&#8217;</a> products.
<dl>
<dt>Unix<dd> The only current distribution of TeX for Unix systems
  (including GNU/Linux and other free Unix-like systems) is
  TeX Live, which is distributed as part of the 
  <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX collection</a>.
<p/>  Members of many TeX user groups receive copies of the collection
  (on DVD), as part of their membership of the groups.
<p/>  MacOS/X is also a Unix-based system; however users should refer to
  the information below, under item &#8220;Mac&#8221;.
<p/>  TeX Live may also be installed &#8220;over the network&#8221;; a network
  installer is provided, and once you have a system, a manager
  (<i>tlmgr</i>) can both keep your installation up-to-date and
  add packages you didn&#8217;t install at first.
<p/>  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
  <dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Unix)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz">systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz</a>
  </dl>
<dt>Linux<dd> GNU/Linux users are supported by TeX Live (as noted
  above).
<p/>  A free version of the commercial 
  <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">VTeX extended TeX system</a> is available
  for use under Linux, which among other things specialises in direct
  production of PDF from (La)TeX input.  Sadly, it&#8217;s no
  longer supported, and the ready-built images are made for use with a
  rather ancient Linux kernel.
<p/>  In addition, the developer of  MiKTeX has released a port of the
  PDFTeX executable from of that excellent (Windows) system for use
  on Linux; get it via \href{http://miktex.org/unx/}{the MiKTeX
  site}.  The MiKTeX package manager, for Linux, is also available
  from the same place.
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
  <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux.zip">systems/vtex/linux</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/linux/">browse the directory</a>)
  <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>)
  </dl>
<dt>PC: Windows<dd>
  MiKTeX, by Christian Schenk, is a comprehensive distribution.  It has
  its own previewer, YAP, which is itself capable of printing,
  though the distribution also includes a port of <i>dvips</i>.
  The current version is available for file-by-file download (the
  HTML files in the directory offer hints on what you need to
  get going).  MiKTeX can automatically install packages that it
  &#8220;knows about&#8221;, but that aren&#8217;t in your system (it gets them over
  the network).  Furthermore, users may keep their installation
  up-to-date, over the network: the distribution contains a &#8220;package
  manager&#8221;, through which the user may select individual packages, or
  request that every extant update be retrieved.
<p/>  MiKTeX may also be used in a configuration which involves no
  installation at all: its &#8220;portable&#8221; distribution may be unpacked
  on a memory stick, and used on any windows computer without making
  any direct use of the hard drive.  This is the first &#8220;official&#8221;
  release of such a setup, though a similar object has been available
  on the net for some time.
<p/>  The MiKTeX developers also provide a ready-to-run copy of the
  distribution, on CD (for purchase) via the 
  <a href="http://www.miktex.org/cd/">MiKTeX web site</a>; otherwise the
  <i>setup</i> executable is available on CTAN, together with
  all the optional packages.
<p/>  <a href="http://tug.org/protext/">ProTeXt</a>, part of the TeX
  collection by Thomas Feuerstack, is
  a further option for installing MiKTeX.  It bundles a MiKTeX
  setup with some further useful utilities, together with a PDF
  file which contains clickable links for the various installation
  steps, along with explanations.
<p/>  Windows users are also supported directly by the TeX Live
  distribution; a system is provided on the installation disc of the
  TeX collection.  The system may also be installed over the
  network, using an installer application tailored for use with Windows.
<p/>  <a href="http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/xemtex/">XEmTeX</a>, by
  Fabrice Popineau (he who created the excellent, but now defunct,
  fpTeX distribution), is an integrated distribution of TeX, LaTeX,
  ConTeXt, <i>XEmacs</i> and friends for Windows.  All programs
  have been compiled natively to take the best advantage of the
  Windows environment.  Configuration is provided so that the
  resulting set of programs runs out-of-the-box.
<p/>  The (Japanese) W32TEX distribution was motivated by
  the needs of Japanese users (Japanese won&#8217;t fit in a &#8220;simple&#8221;
  character set like ASCII, but TeX is based on a version of
  ASCII).  Despite its origins, W32TEX is said to
  be a good bet for Western users, notably those whose disks are short
  of space: the minimum documented download is as small as
  95 MBytes.  Investigate the distribution at
  <a href="http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html">http://www.fsci.fuk.kindai.ac.jp/kakuto/win32-ptex/web2c75-e.html</a>
<p/>  A further (free) option arises from the
  <a href="http://www.cygwin.com">CygWin bundle</a>, which presents a
  Unix-like environment over the Win32 interface; an X-windows server
  is available.  If you run CygWin on your Windows machine, you have
  the option of using TeX Live, too (you will need the X-server, to
  run <i>xdvi</i>).  Of course, TeX Live components will look like
  Unix applications (of course, that&#8217;s presumably what you wanted),
  but TeX under CygWin also reputedly somewhat slower than native
  Win32 implementations such as MiKTeX or XEmTeX.  The (now
  obsolete) teTeX distribution is provided as part of the CygWin
  distribution, and but you can build your own copy of TeX Live from
  the current sources.
<p/>  BaKoMa TeX, by Basil Malyshev, is a comprehensive (shareware)
  distribution, which focuses on support of Acrobat.  The distribution
  comes with a bunch of Type 1 fonts packaged to work with BaKoMa
  TeX, which further the focus.
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>bakoma</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/bakoma/">systems/win32/bakoma/</a>
  <dt><tt><i>miktex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex.zip">systems/win32/miktex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/">browse the directory</a>); 
    acquire <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/setup/setup.exe">systems/win32/miktex/setup/setup.exe</a> (also available from the MiKTeX
    web site), and read installation instructions from 
    <a href="http://www.miktex.org/2.8/setup">the MiKTeX installation page</a>
  <dt><tt><i>Portable miktex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/miktex/setup/miktex-portable.exe">systems/win32/miktex/setup/miktex-portable.exe</a> 
  <dt><tt><i>protext.exe</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/win32/protext/">systems/win32/protext/</a>
  <dt><tt><i>texlive</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/">systems/texlive/</a>
  <dt><tt><i>texlive installer (Windows)</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl.zip">systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl.zip</a>
  </dl>
<dt>PC: MSDOS or OS/2<dd> EmTeX, by Eberhard Mattes,
  includes LaTeX, BibTeX, previewers, and drivers, and is
  available  as a series of zip archives.  Documentation is
  available in both German and English.  Appropriate memory managers
  for using emTeX with 386 (and better) processors and under
  Windows, are included in the distribution.  EmTeX will operate
  under Windows, but Windows users are better advised to use a
  distribution tailored for the Windows environment.
<p/>  A version of emTeX, packaged to use a
  
  <a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS directory structure</a>, is separately available as
  an emTeX &#8216;contribution&#8217;.  Note that neither emTeX itself, nor
  emTeXTDS, is maintained.  Most users of Microsoft
  operating systems, who want an up-to-date (La)TeX system, need to
  migrate to Win32-based systems.
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>emtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse the directory</a>)
  <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse the directory</a>)
  </dl>
<dt>PC: MSDOS<dd> The most recent MSDOS offering is a
  port of the Web2C 7.0 implementation, using the GNU
  <i>djgpp</i> compiler.  While this package is more recent than
  emTeX, it still implements a rather old instance of (La)TeX.
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>djgpp</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp.zip">systems/msdos/djgpp</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/djgpp/">browse the directory</a>)
  </dl>
<dt>PC: OS/2<dd> EmTeX, by Eberhard Mattes (see
  above), was actually developed under OS/2, and lives happily
  in that environment.
<p/>  OS/2 users may also use a free version of the
  commercial <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">VTeX</a>, which specialises
  in direct production of PDF from (La)TeX input.  (This
  version is, like the Linux version, unfortunately no longer supported.)
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>emtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex.zip">systems/msdos/emtex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/msdos/emtex/">browse the directory</a>)
  <dt><tt><i>emtexTDS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS.zip">obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/obsolete/systems/os2/emtex-contrib/emtexTDS/">browse the directory</a>)
  <dt><tt><i>vtex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2.zip">systems/vtex/os2</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/os2/">browse the directory</a>)
  <dt><tt><i>vtex required common files</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common.zip">systems/vtex/common</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/vtex/common/">browse the directory</a>)
  </dl>
<dt>Mac<dd> <a href="http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/">OzTeX</a>, by Andrew
  Trevorrow, is a shareware version of
  TeX for the Macintosh.  A DVI previewer and PostScript
  driver are also included.  (Members of UK TUG may
  acquire the software without further payment, as part of a
  membership deal.)  OzTeX does not run, natively, under MacOS/X,
  but will run with a sufficiently recent CarbonLib (see
  <a href="http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html">http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/ozosx.html</a>).
  Other questions about OzTeX itself may be directed to
  <a href="mailto:oztex@midway.uchicago.edu"><i>oztex@midway.uchicago.edu</i></a>
<p/>  Another partly shareware program is
  <a href="http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html">CMacTeX</a> , put together
  by Tom Kiffe.  CMacTeX is much closer than OzTeX to the Unix
  TeX model of things (it uses <i>dvips</i>, for instance).
  CMacTeX runs natively under  includes a port of a version of
  <a href="FAQ-omegaleph.html">Omega</a>.
<p/>  Both OzTeX and CMacTeX run on either MacOS/X or on a
  sufficiently recent MacOS with CarbonLib 
  (v1.3 for OzTeX, v1.4 for CMacTeX).
  
<p/>  From its 2005 release, the <a href="FAQ-CD.html">TeX Live disc set</a>
  includes MacTeX.  Details (and a downloadable distribution set)
  may be found on the 
  <a href="http://tug.org/mactex">TUG web site</a>; the distribution
  is also on CTAN.
<p/>
  A useful
  <a href="http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/">resource for Mac users</a>
  has a news and &#8216;help&#8217; section, as well as details of systems and
  tools.
  The MacTeX-on-OSX mailing list is a useful resource for users;
  mail <a href="mailto:MacOSX-TeX-on@email.esm.psu.edu"><i>MacOSX-TeX-on@email.esm.psu.edu</i></a> to subscribe.
<dl>
  <dt><tt><i>cmactex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex.zip">systems/mac/cmactex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/cmactex/">browse the directory</a>)
  <dt><tt><i>mactex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/mactex/">systems/mac/mactex/</a>
  <dt><tt><i>oztex</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex.zip">systems/mac/oztex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/mac/oztex/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<dt>OpenVMS<dd> TeX for OpenVMS is available, though
  it seems unlikely that the version on CTAN is the latest
  available.  
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>OpenVMS</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/OpenVMS/TEX97_CTAN.ZIP">systems/OpenVMS/TEX97_CTAN.ZIP</a>
  </dl>
<dt>Atari<dd> TeX for the Atari ST is available from CTAN.
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>Atari TeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/atari.zip">systems/atari</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/atari/">browse the directory</a>)
  </dl>
<dt>Amiga<dd> Full implementations of TeX 3.1 (PasTeX) and Metafont
  2.7 are available.
  <dl>
  <dt><tt><i>PasTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/amiga.zip">systems/amiga</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/amiga/">browse the directory</a>)
  </dl>
<dt>TOPS-20<dd> TeX was originally written on a DEC-10
  under WAITS,
  and so was easily ported to TOPS-20. A distribution that runs on
  TOPS-20 is available via anonymous <code>ftp</code> from
  <a href="ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu} in <i>pub/tex/pub/web/">ftp.math.utah.edu</i> in \path{pub/tex/pub/web</a>
  
</dl>
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