Welcome to the TeX Live CD-ROM
The TeX Live CD-ROM offers a complete TeX system for a variety of
Unix, Win32, and other platforms. This encompasses programs for
typesetting, previewing and printing of TeX documents, a large
collection of TeX macros and extensive font libraries.
We have included on the CD-ROM a large amount of general documentation
about TeX, as well as the documents that accompany specific software
packages. There are numerous help files that may make starting with
the software easier.
For non-Unix or Windows users, this CD-ROM includes a set of packaged
TeX distributions for Macintosh and DOS.
Where to start
We suggest that you print out and read the TeX Live Guide (3rd edition)
prior to undertaking the installation. The Guide provides the
information necessary for using this CD-ROM and installing
the system. You will find various versions of the Guide
in the "doc" directory:
How to use the CD-ROM on Unix and Windows 95/NT systems
The CD-ROM can be used in the following ways:
- by running programs from a mounted CD; to do this,
simply put the appropriate directory under bin/ on your PATH.
This works on all supported Unix systems and Windows 95/NT
- by installing all or part of the package on a Unix system.
To do this, execute the shell script install-cd.sh
- by installing individual elements into a running Unix TeX system.
To do this, execute the shell script install-pkg.sh
- by installing all or part of the package on a Windows 95/NT system.
To do this, run the program install.exe
Unix users will have to mount the CD using the `Rock Ridge' extensions
to the ISO9660 format. Consult your system administration documents
for details of how to do this, if it does not happen by default.
Windows 95 and NT users should see the full file names on the CD,
as it also uses the Microsoft Joliet extensions. If you see truncated
names, you cannot run programs from the CD.
How to use the CD-ROM on non-Unix or Windows 32 systems
The Mac, DOS and Windows distributions are provided in the systems
directory. These distributions have been built separately; in order
to undertake the installation, go to the relevant directory/folder
and read the installation instructions. For example, if you want to
install OzTeX, go to the systems/macintosh/OzTeX folder and follow
the installation instructions in the Read-Me file.
Please note that some of the non-Unix software is shareware,
which means that you are welcome to try it out before paying
a small registration fee.
The documentation
Much of the documentation can be viewed online (before the TeX system
is actually installed). The documents for online viewing are usually
in HTML and/or PDF formats; you need to have a browser (like Netscape)
for HTML documents, and the Acrobat Reader program for PDF documents, in
order to view these documents. Both the browser and the AcrobatReader
can print the files directly to a printer. If you do not yet have
access to either a browser or PDF Reader, we've provided printable
PostScript files wherever possible.
Happy TeX'ing!
Please send any comments or questions by email to
texlive@www.tug.org
Sebastian Rahtz (s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk)
Kaja P. Christiansen (kaja@daimi.aau.dk)
March 1998