Here is what you need to do to use a minimal teTEX:
- Download the following from sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:
- the binaries i486-linux.tar.gz, or i486-linuxaout.tar.gz,
- the base files tetex-base.tar.gz and latex-base.tar.gz.
- Next unzip and extract all the files using tar.
- Then add the directory with the binaries to your PATH
environmental variable.
- Finally, run texhash and texconfig.
It's really important to remember item .