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TeX Live
TeX Live is intended to be a straightforward way to get up andrunning with the TeX document production system. Itprovides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors ofUnix, including GNU/Linux, macOS, and alsoWindows. It includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages,and fonts that are free software, including support for many languagesaround the world. Many operating systems provideit via their own distributions.
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- How to acquire TeX Live:download, on DVD, other methods.
- Quick install for Unix; installation and release notes for Windows; for MacOSX, see the MacTeX distribution.
- Documentation.
- Contact and mailing lists.
- Known issues and highlights of changes in the current release (details for LuaTeX, pdfTeX, XeTeX).
- Portable (USB and DVD) usage of TeX Live.
- Installing/updating packages after installation and full upgrade from previous years.
- TeX Live licensing, and integration with operating system distributions.
- Development source repository, and building the sources.
- How you can help.
- Current release: TeX Live 2020 is available over the Internet and (after production) on DVD. It was released on 10 April 2020, and ongoing updates are available.
- The GPG public key we use to sign our releases. (You can view the contents with gpg --show-keyring texlive.asc, or --list-options show-keyring depending on your gpg version.)
Some starting points for actually using TeX are in this introduction to the TeX world.
By the way, if you don't care for TeX Live's setup for whateverreason, the major (free software) alternative is MiKTeX, which also runs on GNU/Linux,macOS, and Windows.
Plan for TeX Live 2021:
15feb: candidate/final sources committed, test builds begin.
28feb: tlnet (and TL'20) frozen, tlpretest starts, CTAN updates continue there.
15mar: code freeze for final build, major bug fixes only.
27mar: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks.
29mar: deliver TL image for TeX Collection packaging/testing.
5apr: deliver TeX Collection DVD image for manufacturing.
10apr: public release (also of MacTeX).
June?: delivery of DVDs to members.
15feb: candidate/final sources committed, test builds begin.
28feb: tlnet (and TL'20) frozen, tlpretest starts, CTAN updates continue there.
15mar: code freeze for final build, major bug fixes only.
27mar: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks.
29mar: deliver TL image for TeX Collection packaging/testing.
5apr: deliver TeX Collection DVD image for manufacturing.
10apr: public release (also of MacTeX).
June?: delivery of DVDs to members.
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Texlive 2019 Install
TeX Live has been developed since 1996 by collaboration between theTeX user groups. TeX Live was originallyperpetrated by Sebastian Rahtz. Present miscreants includeAkira Kakuto,Karl Berry,Luigi Scarso,Mojca Miklavec,Norbert Preining,Reinhard Kotucha,Siep Kroonenberg,and a cast of thousands.
$Date: 2020/10/26 10:13:40 $;I found myself using the same TeX distribution for years, without updating it. This is not a problem usually, unless you are asking someone else to look at a particular error or problem and that person is working with another version and therefore may not be able to reproduce your issue. The TeX Live distribution is evolving, i.e. packages are extended, replaced or added and therefore it is a good idea to update your distribution once in a while. TUG provides an updated image every 1-2 years.
Windows:
If you have MiKTeX installed (part of proTeXt), there is a program that you can run in: All Programs -> MiKTeX -> Maintainance -> Update. This will open a dialog that helps you update the distribution.
If you have MiKTeX installed (part of proTeXt), there is a program that you can run in: All Programs -> MiKTeX -> Maintainance -> Update. This will open a dialog that helps you update the distribution.
Mac OS X:
Under Mac OS X, the TeX Live distribution is called MacTeX. It contains a neat little graphical application that lets you update your distribution. The application is called “TeX Live Utility” and can be found in Applications -> TeX. It has a built-in update function to keep the application itself up-to-date.
Under Mac OS X, the TeX Live distribution is called MacTeX. It contains a neat little graphical application that lets you update your distribution. The application is called “TeX Live Utility” and can be found in Applications -> TeX. It has a built-in update function to keep the application itself up-to-date.
If you prefer the terminal, try:
Linux (Ubuntu):
It is a little tricky to update TeX Live under Linux and as usual depends on the distribution as well as your local settings. So below I describe the way I did it on my computer. It should at least give you an idea how to do it or what you may have missed in case you run into some problems. I am running Ubuntu.
It is a little tricky to update TeX Live under Linux and as usual depends on the distribution as well as your local settings. So below I describe the way I did it on my computer. It should at least give you an idea how to do it or what you may have missed in case you run into some problems. I am running Ubuntu.
I leave it to the reader to decide what he is more comfortable with, running commands with sudo or change the rights for the texlive directory you are updating. I will use the latter approach here. Set the username accordingly as well as the install directory if it differs.
If it has not been done before, add the install directory of the TeX Live distribution to the path. The tlmgr-command (texlive manager) is in that directory.
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Next you have to set the location where you want to update from. This has to be done only the first time you are updating. In addition, you may be asked to update “tlmgr” also in case there is a newer version.
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Finally, you are ready to update the TeX Live distribution.
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This final step may take a moment, time for a coffee.