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<sect1 id="pst-typesetting-tex" xreflabel="TeX-&tex-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="tex.html"?>
<title>TeX-&tex-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>TeX</application></title>

<para><application>TeX</application> is a typesetting package, able to create 
documents in a variety of formats.  The optional <filename>texmfsrc</filename> 
<acronym>TAR</acronym> ball contains source code for packages that are 
contained in the <filename>texmf</filename> <acronym>TAR</acronym> ball, 
including the docstrip sources.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Required Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&tex-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Required Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&texmf-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Optional Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&texmfsrc-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: 
&tex-size; (&tex-optional-size; with optional tarball)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
&tex-buildsize; (&tex-optional-buildsize; with optional tarball)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&tex-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional Downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Recommended Patch: <ulink 
url="&patch-root;/tetex-src-&tex-version;-remove_readlink-1.patch"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></sect3>

<sect3><title><application>TeX</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="x-installing"/>, 
<xref linkend="openssl"/>, 
<xref linkend="mysql"/> and 
<xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: Tk-&Perl-Tk-version;</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>TeX</application></title>

<para><application>TeX</application> is installed from the source
directory (usually <filename class="directory">/usr/src</filename>) and untarring
instructions are included below instead of the usual assumption that you
have already untarred the package. The source directory should contain
the two required packages and the optional package, if desired.</para>

<para>Install <application>TeX</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf &amp;&amp;
tar zxvf tetex-src-&tex-version;.tar.gz &amp;&amp;
cd tetex-src-&tex-version; &amp;&amp;
gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
      | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></userinput></screen>

<para>If the optional <filename>texmf</filename> source code 
<acronym>TAR</acronym> ball was downloaded, untar it now:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>gzip -dc ../tetex-texmfsrc-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
      | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></userinput></screen>

<screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../tetex-src-&tex-version;-remove_readlink-1.patch &amp;&amp;
./configure --with-x=no --prefix=/usr \
    --without-texinfo   --with-system-ncurses --with-system-zlib \
    --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin &amp;&amp;
make world &amp;&amp;
texconfig dvips paper letter &amp;&amp;
texconfig font rw</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>
The paper size may be changed to a4, as is used in most countries.
</para></note>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation command explanations</title>

<para><screen><command>gzip -dc ../tetex-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \
        | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -)</command></screen>
Untar the <application>TeX</application> fonts and macro libraries.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-x=no</parameter>: This switch will avoid any
<application>XFree86</application> dependencies.
<application>TeX</application> can be compiled with
<application>XFree86</application> support, notably for
<command>xdvi</command>.  If this is desired, remove this
configure option.</para>

<para><parameter>--exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin</parameter>: This switch
will ensure that <application>TeX</application> binaries will be installed in
<filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>.</para>

<para><option>--without-texinfo</option>: A default
<acronym>LFS</acronym> installation already has the
<application>texinfo</application> package
installed; this switch will avoid overwriting it with the included
<application>texinfo</application>
package.</para> 

<para><option>--with-system-ncurses</option>: This switch specifies using the
already installed <filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename> 
library.</para>

<para><option>--with-system-zlib</option>:
<acronym>LFS</acronym> systems starting with version 4.0 have 
<application>Zlib</application> installed as part of the
base operating system; this switch avoids building it here.</para> 

<para><command>texconfig dvips paper letter</command>: This command sets the 
default paper size for <application>TeX</application>.</para>

<para><command>texconfig font rw</command>: This command specifies writable 
fonts.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>TeX</application> package contains 101 separate 
binaries and shell scripts, and another 37 symlinks to these programs. 
<application>TeX</application> also builds the 
<filename class='libraryfile'>libkpathsea</filename> library.
Please refer to <ulink url="file:///usr/share/texmf/doc/index.html"/> 
for details, as well as a tour of the expansive
<application>TeX</application> documentation.</para>
</sect2>

</sect1>