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- Abstract: LaTeX installation guide for DirectTeX v2.0, 2nd version
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-
- Wilfried Ricken
- Blumenfeldstrasse 4
- 44795 Bochum
- Germany
- +49-234-450400
- wilfr@hadron.tp2.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
-
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-
- LaTeX installation instructions for DirectTeX
- =============================================
-
- 6 June 1994
-
-
- NOTE: LaTeX is installed and ready to use in DirectTeX 2.0 and later.
- If you have an older version of DirectTeX then please upgrade. Don't
- expect any support if you decide to merge this release of LaTeX with
- an older version of DirectTeX! If you have DirectTeX 2.0 or later
- then you will only need to read the following instructions if you
- decide to update the version of LaTeX distributed with DirectTeX.
-
- NOTE: All folder names are relative to your global TeX folder, e.g.
- `TeX-Inputs:LaTeX' refers to the folder `{dt_TeXFolder}TeX-Inputs:LaTeX'.
-
-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- This file contains instructions on how to install LaTeX for DirectTeX.
- Before reading this file you should read install.txt, which explains
- how the LaTeX installation works in more detail.
-
- The following sections describe:
-
- * How to save any old version of LaTeX.
-
- * How to unpack the LaTeX distribution.
-
- * How to create the LaTeX format.
-
- * How to check that the installation worked.
-
- * Removing unnecessary files.
-
-
- SAVING ANY OLD VERSION OF LATEX
- ===============================
-
- If you have DirectTeX 2.0, you do not have to do anything do save the
- old LaTeX 2.09 because it is already located in a folder `LaTeX-2.09'
- and not within the `TeX-Inputs' folder, which is normally searched by
- TeX.
-
-
- UNPACKING THE DISTRIBUTION
- ==========================
-
- To unpack the LaTeX distribution:
-
- * Delete all files from the `TeX-Inputs:LaTeX' folder.
-
- * Move all files in the distribution to this folder.
-
- * Start up DirectTeX and set the current directory to this folder.
-
- * Execute the following commands:
-
- Set dt_TeXLogFiles ''
- TeX -i unpack.ins
-
- This will start the unpacking process. This may take some time:
- about 7 minutes on a Quadra 840. Now move the files `gind.ist'
- and `gglo.ist' to the folder `Aux-Inputs:MakeIndex'.
-
-
- CREATING THE LATEX FORMAT
- =========================
-
- To create the LaTeX format:
-
- * Select `Initialize Formats...' from the `Formats' menu.
-
- * Select `LaTeX' or `BigLaTeX' and click OK.
-
- If you want to create the format manually, simply execute the command
-
- TeX -i latex.ltx
-
- NOTE: DirectTeX v2.0 does not contain a hyphen.tex file. Instead it
- contains a folder `TeX-Inputs:Hyphenation' which contains some files
- `hyphen-??.tex' and a file `hyphen.cfg'. The latter one may be
- used to specify the hyphenation patterns to use. It is configured to
- include the German and the US English hyphenation patterns and to set
- the default language to US English.
-
-
- CHECKING THAT THE INSTALLATION WORKED
- =====================================
-
- To check that the installation worked:
-
- * Set the current directory to the `TeX-LogFiles' folder.
-
- * Execute the command
-
- LaTeX ltxcheck.tex
-
- This will run a test of the LaTeX installation and should produce
- `OK!' to a number of tests. If it does not then see `PROBLEMS'
- in install.txt.
-
- You have now installed LaTeX!
-
-
- REMOVING UNNECESSARY FILES
- ==========================
-
- After LaTeX has been successfully installed, you might want to delete
- some non-essential files (after making backup copies) to free up space
- on your hard disk. From the `TeX-Inputs:LaTeX' folder, delete all
- files ending in:
-
- .ins .drv .dtx .fdd .log .aux .txt .err .ps
-
- and the file
-
- Makefile.unx
-
- You may also look at the files *guide.tex, typeset and print them and
- then delete them to save more space. These files contain some
- information about certain characteristics of LaTeX.
-
-
- --- Copyright 1994 Wilfried Ricken and the LaTeX3 project. ---
- --- All rights reserved. ---
-