TeX Live is a cross-platform,
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software distribution
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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 As of May 2006, teTeX is no longer actively maintained and its former maintainer Thomas Esser recommended TeX Live as the replacement.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
Linux distributions
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such as
openSUSE
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,
Fedora
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,
Debian
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,
Ubuntu
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,
Termux and
Gentoo.
Other Unix operating systems like
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,
FreeBSD
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and
NetBSD
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have also converted from teTeX to TeX Live.
The project was originally started by
Sebastian Rahtz
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in 1996 in collaboration with the TeX user groups worldwide, including the
TeX Users Group
Tex may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname
* Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr.
Entertainment
* ''Tex'', the Italian ...
. 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
TeX Directory Structure
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.
Since the 2009 release, the editor
TeXworks
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is included for
Microsoft Windows
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and
Mac OS X
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, as well as the vector graphics language
Asymptote
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.
For Mac OS X there is
MacTeX
MacTeX is a free redistribution of TeX Live, a typesetting environment based on TeX. While TeX Live is designed to be cross-platform (running on Unix, macOS, and Windows), MacTeX includes Mac-specific utilities and front-ends (such as TeXShop and ...
which comprises the full TeX Live distribution as well as some additional tools for using TeX on the Mac, most notably the editor
TeXShop
TeXShop is a free LaTeX and TeX editor and previewer for macOS. It is licensed under the GNU GPL.
Details
TeXShop was developed by American mathematician Richard Koch. It was modeled on NeXTstep's bundled TeXview.app and developed for the then n ...
and the bibliography manager
BibDesk
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. Similar to Basic MikTeX in
MikTeX
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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
MacPorts
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and
Homebrew.
Release history
See also
*
MiKTeX
MiKTeX is a free and open-source distribution of the TeX/LaTeX typesetting system for Microsoft Windows (and for Mac and certain Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora). It also contains a set of related programs. MiKTeX provides ...
References
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