1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 |
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6 | <!ENTITY tex-download-ftp "ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-src-&tex-version;.tar.gz">
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7 | <!ENTITY texmf-download-ftp "ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY texmfsrc-download-ftp "ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/teTeX/current/distrib/tetex-texmfsrc-&tex-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY tex-size "64 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY tex-optional-size "87 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY tex-buildsize "344 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY tex-optional-buildsize "415 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY tex-time "1.82 SBU">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="pst-typesetting-tex" xreflabel="TeX-&tex-version;">
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17 | <sect1info>
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18 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="tex.html"?>
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22 | <title>TeX-&tex-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2>
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25 | <title>Introduction to <application>TeX</application></title>
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26 |
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27 | <para><application>TeX</application> is a typesetting package, able to create
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28 | documents in a variety of formats. The optional <filename>texmfsrc</filename>
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29 | <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball contains source code for packages that are
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30 | contained in the <filename>texmf</filename> <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball,
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31 | including the docstrip sources.</para>
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32 |
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33 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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34 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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35 | <listitem><para>Required Download (FTP): <ulink
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36 | url="&tex-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Required Download (FTP): <ulink
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38 | url="&texmf-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Optional Download (FTP): <ulink
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40 | url="&texmfsrc-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Download size:
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42 | &tex-size; (&tex-optional-size; with optional tarball)</para></listitem>
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43 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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44 | &tex-buildsize; (&tex-optional-buildsize; with optional tarball)</para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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47 | &tex-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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48 | </sect3>
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49 |
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50 | <sect3><title>Additional Downloads</title>
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51 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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52 | <listitem><para>Required Patch (if using Glibc >2.3.3): <ulink
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53 | url="&patch-root;/tetex-src-&tex-version;-flex-1.patch"/></para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem><para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
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56 | url="&patch-root;/tetex-src-&tex-version;-remove_readlink-1.patch"/></para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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59 |
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60 | <sect3><title><application>TeX</application> dependencies</title>
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61 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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62 | <para><xref linkend="ed"/></para>
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63 | </sect4>
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64 |
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65 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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66 | <para><xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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67 | <xref linkend="x-installing"/>,
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68 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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69 | <xref linkend="mysql"/>,
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70 | <xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;, <ulink
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71 | url="http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/visual/ibiblio/libs/graphics/t1lib-5.0.2.tar.gz">t1lib</ulink>
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72 | and <ulink url="http://www.w3.org/Library/">libwww</ulink></para>
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73 | </sect4>
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74 | </sect3>
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75 |
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76 | </sect2>
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77 |
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78 | <sect2>
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79 | <title>Installation of <application>TeX</application></title>
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80 |
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81 | <para><application>TeX</application> is installed from the source directory
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82 | (usually <filename class="directory">/usr/src</filename>) and untarring
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83 | instructions are included below instead of the usual assumption that you
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84 | have already untarred the package. The source directory should contain
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85 | the two required packages and the optional package, if desired.</para>
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86 |
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87 | <para>Install <application>TeX</application> by running the following
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88 | commands:</para>
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89 |
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90 | <screen><userinput><command>mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf &&
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91 | tar zxvf tetex-src-&tex-version;.tar.gz &&
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92 | cd tetex-src-&tex-version; &&
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93 | gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
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94 | | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></userinput></screen>
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95 |
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96 | <para>If the optional <filename>texmf</filename> source code
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97 | <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball was downloaded, untar it now:</para>
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98 |
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99 | <screen><userinput><command>gzip -dc ../tetex-texmfsrc-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
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100 | | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></userinput></screen>
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101 |
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102 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../tetex-src-&tex-version;-flex-1.patch &&
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103 | patch -Np1 -i ../tetex-src-&tex-version;-remove_readlink-1.patch &&
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104 | ./configure --with-x=no --prefix=/usr \
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105 | --without-texinfo --with-system-ncurses --with-system-zlib \
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106 | --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin &&
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107 | make world &&
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108 | texconfig dvips paper letter &&
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109 | texconfig font rw</command></userinput></screen>
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110 |
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111 | <note><para>
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112 | The paper size may be changed to a4, as is used in most countries.
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113 | </para></note>
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114 |
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115 | </sect2>
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116 |
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117 | <sect2>
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118 | <title>Installation command explanations</title>
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119 |
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120 | <para><screen><command>gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
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121 | | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></screen>
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122 | Untar the <application>TeX</application> fonts and macro libraries.</para>
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123 |
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124 | <para><option>--with-x=no</option>: This switch will avoid any
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125 | <application>X</application> Window dependencies.
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126 | <application>TeX</application> can be compiled with
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127 | <application>X</application> Window support, notably for
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128 | <command>xdvi</command>. If this is desired, remove this
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129 | configure option.</para>
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130 |
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131 | <para><parameter>--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin</parameter>: These
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132 | switches ensure that <application>TeX</application> binaries are installed in
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133 | <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>.</para>
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134 |
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135 | <para><parameter>--without-texinfo</parameter>: A default
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136 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> installation already has the
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137 | <application>texinfo</application> package installed; this switch will avoid
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138 | overwriting it with the included <application>texinfo</application>
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139 | package.</para>
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140 |
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141 | <para><parameter>--with-system-ncurses</parameter>: This switch specifies
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142 | using the already installed <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename>
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143 | library.</para>
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144 |
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145 | <para><parameter>--with-system-zlib</parameter>: <acronym>LFS</acronym> systems
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146 | starting with version 4.0 have <application>Zlib</application> installed as
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147 | part of the base operating system; this switch avoids building it here.</para>
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148 |
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149 | <para><command>texconfig dvips paper letter</command>: This command sets the
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150 | default paper size for <application>TeX</application>.</para>
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151 |
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152 | <para><command>texconfig font rw</command>: This command specifies writable
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153 | fonts.</para>
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154 |
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155 | </sect2>
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156 |
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157 | <sect2>
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158 | <title>Contents</title>
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159 |
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160 | <para>The <application>TeX</application> package contains 101 separate
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161 | binaries and shell scripts, and another 37 symlinks to these programs.
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162 | <application>TeX</application> also builds the
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163 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libkpathsea</filename> library.
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164 | Please refer to <ulink url="file:///usr/share/texmf/doc/index.html"/>
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165 | for details, as well as a tour of the expansive
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166 | <application>TeX</application> documentation.</para>
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167 | </sect2>
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168 |
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169 | </sect1>
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