Installation of <application>TeX</application> TeX is installed from the source directory (usually /usr/src) 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. Install TeX by running the following commands: mkdir -p /usr/share/texmf && tar zxvf tetex-src-&tex-version;.tar.gz && cd tetex-src-&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 -) patch -Np1 -i ../tetex-src-2.0.2-remove-readlink-1.patch && ./configure --with-x=no --prefix=/usr \ --without-texinfo --with-system-ncurses --with-system-zlib \ --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin && make world && texconfig dvips paper letter && texconfig font rw The paper size may be changed to a4, as is used in most countries.