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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label tds-zip</title>
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<h3>Prebuilt installation files on the archive</h3>
<p/>The <a href="FAQ-tds.html">TDS</a> is a simple structure, and almost all
files can be installed simply by putting them in the &ldquo;right&rdquo; place,
and updating a single index.  (Note, this simple idea typically
doesn&rsquo;t work for fonts, unless they&rsquo;re distributed as Metafont source.)
<p/>The CTAN network is therefore acquiring &ldquo;TDS-ZIP&rdquo; files,
which have a built-in directory structure that matches the TDS.
These files have to be built, and the CTAN team has asked that
package authors supply them (the team will advise, of course, if the
author has trouble).  Everyone hopes that the extra work involved will
contrinute to happier lives for package users, which in turn must
surely help keep the TeX community lively and active.
<p/>Use of the files is discussed in 
&ldquo;<a href="FAQ-inst-tds-zip.html">installing using preformatted ZIP files</a>&rdquo;.
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds-zip">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=tds-zip</a>
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