LaTex Tools And Installation

cmd:Tex & :LaTex

Info

Features

Main features of teTeX:

Main program packages: web2c, pdfTeX, e-TeX, Omega, xdvi, dvips, dvilj, ps2pk, makeinfo, texinfo, texconfig
TDS (TeX Directory Structure) compliant large support tree with fonts / macros
run-time configuration files for dvi-drivers and tex+friends
very easy to install and customize (install.sh and texconfig utility)
documentation for all packages included
automatic font generation with support for read-only inputs tree (i.e. possibility to use alternate destination for newly created fonts)
ready for a multi-platform setup
fast file searching
ready for producing resolution independent (bitmap free) postscript or pdf documents
the whole distribution can be installed anywhere in the filesystem (e.g. /usr/TeX or /usr/local/tex). You do not need to set any environment variable as long as you keep the original structure of the package.

Source

TeX

UK TeX Archive ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/ This ftp server supports dynamic creation of zip, zoo, or tar.gz archives. If you want the contents of a directory (*and all its subdirectories*), go to the level above and `get' the directory name suffixed by .zip, zoo or .tar.gz

TeX systems ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/systems/ organised by operating environment

ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib.tar.gz

LaTeX

US LaTeX Archive ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/ Effective Tuesday, March 23, 1999, the CTAN macros/latex/ directories containing the distribution and related files for LaTeX 2e have been rearranged as follows: base/ --- the complete LaTeX 2e distribution kit. unpacked/ --- ditto, but already unpacked. required/ --- officially provided LaTeX extensions, which should be available in any `complete' installation; each component is in its own subdirectory. contrib/ --- user-contributed styles and packages for LaTeX 2e. Each multi-file package is housed in its own unique subdirectory. exptl/ --- Experimental LaTeX code.

ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/base.tar.gz

Getting the teTeX & LaTeX archives

md /usr/shared/installs/teTeX.1.0 mkdir binaries base doc fonts goodies ftp ctan.tug.org

cd /tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib bin prompt dir binaries mget install.sh base doc fonts goodies binaries/sparc-solaris.tar.gz quit

-- the latex is at base/latex-base.tar.gz and is included in the
   minimal installation requirement.

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Installation

Steps

# install.sh

Current directories setup:
==============================================================================

(1)  target (prefix):         /usr/shared/teTeX

(2)  directory for binaries:  /usr/shared/teTeX/bin
(3)  main texmf tree:         /usr/shared/teTeX/share/texmf
(4)  UNIX man pages:          /usr/shared/teTeX/man
(5)  GNU info pages:          /usr/shared/teTeX/info

Current options setup:
==============================================================================

<S>  create symlinks in standard directories:               [X]
          binaries to: /usr/shared/bin
          manpages to: /usr/shared/man
              info to: /usr/shared/info

Do you want to omit the extra subdirectory (Y/N)? y

post installation

Run the command

texconfig conf

and

verify that all programs are found from the directory containing the teTeX binaries.

# make letter paper (in contrast to A4) the default papersize

update /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi

texconfig xdvi us

update /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps

texconfig dvips paper letter

check the environment by the command

texconfig confall

if they run into trouble.

you need to run texhash after you install new files in

/usr/shared/teTeX/share/texmf

documented on: 2000.08.02

cmd:xdiv

will refresh automatically when regain focus.

v      This key toggles the rendering of PostScript<tm> specials.  If
       rendering  is  turned  off,  then bounding boxes are displayed
       when available.  In addition the key sequences `0v'  and  `1v'
       clear  and  set  this  flag,  respectively.  See also the -no-
       postscript option.