TeX Live is a cross-platform, free

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for the

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typesetting system that includes major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts. It is the replacement of its no-longer supported counterpart

teTeX teTeX (stylised as ) was a TeX distribution for Unix-like systems. As of May 2006, teTeX is no longer actively maintained and its former maintainer Thomas Esser recommended TeX Live as the replacement.

. It is now the default TeX distribution for several

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such as

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, Fedora, Debian,

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, Termux and Gentoo. Other Unix operating systems like OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD have also converted from teTeX to TeX Live. The project was originally started by

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in 1996 in collaboration with the TeX user groups worldwide, including the

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. Today, it is maintained by Karl Berry, Akira Kakuto, Luigi Scarso and many other people. Up to version 2009, TeX Live could be run directly, or "live", from a CD-ROM, from a DVD-ROM, or from any other mobile device, hence its name. As of TeX Live 2010, it was no longer possible to run the distribution from the TeX Collection DVD due to restrictions in storage space. TeX Live follows the

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. Since the 2009 release, the editor

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is included for Microsoft Windows and

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, as well as the vector graphics language

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. For Mac OS X there is

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which comprises the full TeX Live distribution as well as some additional tools for using TeX on the Mac, most notably the editor

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and the bibliography manager

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. Similar to Basic MikTeX in

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, a substantially smaller download, BasicTeX, can also be used for Mac as well. TeX Live can also be compiled and installed through

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and Homebrew.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tex Live Free TeX software Linux TeX software Software using the LPPL license TeX software for macOS TeX software for Windows

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