TeX is installed slightly differently than a typical GNU package, these instructions will assume /usr/src to be the current working directory, containing the three TeX tar balls. Install TeX by running the following commands: mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf tar zxvf teTeX-src-&tex-version;.tar.gz && cd teTeX-&tex-version; && gzip -dc ../teTeX-texmf-&tex-version;.tar.gz \ | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -) && If the optional texmf source code tar ball was downloaded, untar it now: gzip -dc ../teTeX-texmfsrc-&tex-version;.tar.gz \ | (umask 0; cd /usr/share/texmf; tar xvf -) && ./configure --with-x=no --prefix=/usr \ --exec-prefix=/usr-- --bindir=/usr/bin && make world && texconfig dvips paper letter && texconfig font rw