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 "2.97 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 | <?dbhtml filename="tex.html"?>
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18 | <title>TeX-&tex-version;</title>
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19 |
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20 | <sect2>
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21 | <title>Introduction to <application>TeX</application></title>
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22 |
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23 | <para><application>TeX</application> is a typesetting package, able to create
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24 | documents in a variety of formats. The optional <filename>texmfsrc</filename>
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25 | <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball contains source code for packages that are
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26 | contained in the <filename>texmf</filename> <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball,
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27 | including the docstrip sources.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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30 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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31 | <listitem><para>Required Download (FTP): <ulink
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32 | url="&tex-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Required Download (FTP): <ulink
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34 | url="&texmf-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Optional Download (FTP): <ulink
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36 | url="&texmfsrc-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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37 | <listitem><para>Download size:
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38 | &tex-size; (&tex-optional-size; with optional tarball)</para></listitem>
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39 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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40 | &tex-buildsize; (&tex-optional-buildsize; with optional tarball)</para></listitem>
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41 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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42 | &tex-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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43 | </sect3>
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44 |
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45 | <sect3><title>Additional Downloads</title>
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46 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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47 | <listitem><para>Recommended Patch: <ulink
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48 | url="&patch-root;/tetex-src-&tex-version;-remove_readlink-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
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49 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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50 |
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51 | <sect3><title><application>TeX</application> dependencies</title>
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52 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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53 | <para><xref linkend="x-installing"/>,
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54 | <xref linkend="openssl"/>,
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55 | <xref linkend="mysql"/> and
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56 | <xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;</para>
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57 | </sect4>
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58 | </sect3>
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59 |
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60 | </sect2>
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61 |
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62 | <sect2>
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63 | <title>Installation of <application>TeX</application></title>
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64 |
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65 | <para><application>TeX</application> is installed from the source
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66 | directory (usually <filename class="directory">/usr/src</filename>) and untarring
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67 | instructions are included below instead of the usual assumption that you
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68 | have already untarred the package. The source directory should contain
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69 | the two required packages and the optional package, if desired.</para>
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70 |
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71 | <para>Install <application>TeX</application> by running the following
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72 | commands:</para>
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73 |
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74 | <screen><userinput><command>mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf &&
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75 | tar zxvf tetex-src-&tex-version;.tar.gz &&
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76 | cd tetex-src-&tex-version; &&
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77 | gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
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78 | | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></userinput></screen>
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79 |
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80 | <para>If the optional <filename>texmf</filename> source code
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81 | <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball was downloaded, untar it now:</para>
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82 |
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83 | <screen><userinput><command>gzip -dc ../tetex-texmfsrc-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
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84 | | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></userinput></screen>
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85 |
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86 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../tetex-src-&tex-version;-remove_readlink-1.patch &&
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87 | ./configure --with-x=no --prefix=/usr \
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88 | --without-texinfo --with-system-ncurses --with-system-zlib \
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89 | --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin &&
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90 | make world &&
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91 | texconfig dvips paper letter &&
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92 | texconfig font rw</command></userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | <note><para>
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95 | The paper size may be changed to a4, as is used in most countries.
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96 | </para></note>
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97 |
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98 | </sect2>
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99 |
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100 | <sect2>
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101 | <title>Installation command explanations</title>
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102 |
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103 | <para><screen><command>gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
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104 | | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></screen>
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105 | Untar the <application>TeX</application> fonts and macro libraries.</para>
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106 |
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107 | <para><parameter>--with-x=no</parameter>: This switch will avoid any
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108 | <application>XFree86</application> dependencies.
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109 | <application>TeX</application> can be compiled with
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110 | <application>XFree86</application> support, notably for
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111 | <command>xdvi</command>. If this is desired, remove this
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112 | configure option.</para>
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113 |
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114 | <para><parameter>--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin</parameter>: This switch
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115 | will ensure that <application>TeX</application> binaries will be installed in
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116 | <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>.</para>
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117 |
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118 | <para><option>--without-texinfo</option>: A default
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119 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> installation already has the
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120 | <application>texinfo</application> package
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121 | installed; this switch will avoid overwriting it with the included
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122 | <application>texinfo</application>
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123 | package.</para>
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124 |
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125 | <para><option>--with-system-ncurses</option>: This switch specifies using the
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126 | already installed <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename>
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127 | library.</para>
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128 |
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129 | <para><option>--with-system-zlib</option>:
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130 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> systems starting with version 4.0 have
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131 | <application>Zlib</application> installed as part of the
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132 | base operating system; this switch avoids building it here.</para>
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133 |
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134 | <para><command>texconfig dvips paper letter</command>: This command sets the
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135 | default paper size for <application>TeX</application>.</para>
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136 |
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137 | <para><command>texconfig font rw</command>: This command specifies writable
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138 | fonts.</para>
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139 |
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140 | </sect2>
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141 |
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142 | <sect2>
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143 | <title>Contents</title>
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144 |
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145 | <para>The <application>TeX</application> package contains 101 separate
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146 | binaries and shell scripts, and another 37 symlinks to these programs.
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147 | <application>TeX</application> also builds the
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148 | <filename class='libraryfile'>libkpathsea</filename> library.
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149 | Please refer to <ulink url="file:///usr/share/texmf/doc/index.html"/>
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150 | for details, as well as a tour of the expansive
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151 | <application>TeX</application> documentation.</para>
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152 | </sect2>
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153 |
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154 | </sect1>
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