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- 19) Where do I get TeX/LaTeX for machine Y running Q?
-
- Unix - The Unix TeX distribution is no longer available via anonymous
- ftp from one location. An up-to-date version of Unix TeX can
- be assembled, however, by ftp'ing from several different sites.
- If you don't want to do this, you can order it from the
- University of Washington, for a small fee. Contact:
- Director
- Northwest Computing Support Center
- Thomson Hall, Mail Stop DR-10
- University of Washington
- Seattle, WA 98195 (USA)
- (206)543-6259
- or send electronic mail to Elizabeth Tachikawa at
- elisabet@max.u.washington.edu (note the ``s''). The fee charged
- for getting the TeX distribution through the University of
- Washington helps fund the further development of Unix TeX, so
- it's a good idea to order it this way. This distribution compiles
- under Ultrix. Executables for the 386/ix are available via
- anonymous ftp from tik.vtt.fi (130.188.52.2) in
- ./pub/tex/bin-386ix and from math.berkeley.edu (128.32.183.94)
- in ./pub/tex386ix.tar.Z.
-
- To get TeX via anonymous ftp, first get the current web2c
- distribution from ftp.cs.umb.edu (192.12.26.23) in ./pub/tex. If you
- plan on using METAFONT, also grab the current version of modes.mf
- (see question 18). The web2c distribution will allow you to create
- initex, virtex, inimf, virmf, bibtex, and several programs for
- manipulating fonts. Next you will need the basic TeX and METAFONT
- macro files, available from labrea.stanford.edu (36.8.0.112) in
- ./pub/tex/lib. The basic BibTeX style files are here as well, in
- ./pub/tex/bibtex. If you want LaTeX, the current distribution is
- available from rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) in
- ./soft/tex/latex. I recommend LaTeX be installed with the New Font
- Selection Scheme (NFSS) (see question 35). It resides in
- ./soft/tex/latex-style-supported/nfss. If you want AMSLaTeX or
- AMSTeX, get them from e-math.ams.com (130.44.1.100) in ./ams.
- Finally, you need fonts. TeX itself needs font files with the
- extension ``.tfm''. Your output device driver needs fonts in a
- different format, probably ``.pk''. Both ymir.claremont.edu
- (134.173.4.23) and rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de maintain collections
- of fonts in these formats. These collections contain the necessary
- fonts for the plain format and LaTeX, and other fonts you might
- want. Alternatively, the necessary font formats can be generated
- from the METAFONT source, either by you, or automatically if you use
- the dvips driver mentioned in question 2. The METAFONT sources are
- available from the ymir and rusinfo archives. Note that I have
- tried to mention the definitive sources for all the programs above.
- The nearest archive server (see question 22) may have everything
- mentioned above, without having to ftp around the world.
-
- AIX - TeX for the IBM RS6000 running AIX can be found on
- rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) in
- ./soft/tex/machines/unix/aix3.1.
-
- PC - A TeX package for the PC, including LaTeX, BibTeX, previewers,
- and drivers is available via anonymous ftp from
- vax.eedsp.gatech.edu (130.207.226.7) in ./pub/TeX. The variety here
- is sbtex version 30 by Wayne Sullivan. EmTeX, another TeX package
- for the PC by Eberhard Mattes, is available via anonymous ftp from
- rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.1.12) in
- ./soft/tex/machines/pc/emtex and also from niord.shsu.edu
- (192.92.115.8) in [.emtex]. This package includes LaTeX, METAFONT,
- BibTeX, etc., as well. Documentation is available in both German
- and English.
-
- All Public Domain TeX software for the PC is also available
- through TUG. A catalog is available free from them at the
- address given in question 11. This collection is maintained by
- Jon Radel, who will answer technical questions on the material
- (with no service guarantee). Send electronic mail to jon@radel.com.
-
- Mac - see question 7 for a public domain version.
-
- TOPS-20 - TeX was originally written on a DEC-10 under WAITS, and so
- was easily ported to TOPS-20. A Distribution that runs on TOPS-20
- is available via anonymous ftp from science.utah.edu
- (128.110.198.2) in ./pub/tex/pub/web.
-
- VAX/VMS - VMS executables are available via anonymous ftp from
- ymir.claremont.edu (134.173.4.23) in [.tex.exe]. Source is
- available in [.tex.sources]. Version 3.1 is available in
- [.tex.sources.tex3_1]. Ymir has a mailserver for those without
- ftp access, although executables are not available through it.
- Send a message containing the line ``help'' to
- mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu. Standard tape distribution is
- through DECUS or Maria Code.
-
- Atari - TeX is available for the Atari ST from atari.archive.umich.edu
- (141.211.164.8) in ./atari/tex. If anonymous ftp is not available
- to you, send a message containing the line ``help'' to
- atari@atari.archive.umich.edu. The mail server can uuencode
- binary files. Another version can be obtained via anonymous
- ftp from ifi.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.211.1) in
- ./pub/atari.st/tex. There is also lots of TeX stuff for the
- Atari on the rusinfo and ftp.cs.ruu.nl archives mentioned in
- question 22.
-
- Amiga - Disk 1 of the Amiga CommonTeX distribution is available
- via anonymous ftp from ab20.larc.nasa.gov (128.155.23.64)
- in ./amiga/commontex.lzh. The file copying.tex in the
- distribution contains information on how to obtain the other
- disks. Also, experimental versions of TeX 3.1 and METAFONT 2.7
- are available in ./incoming/amiga/TEX. There is also a full
- implementation of TeX 3.1 called PasTeX available via anonymous
- ftp from forwiss.uni-passau.de (132.231.1.10) in ./pub/amiga/tex.
-
- Tandy 6000 - If you are interested in building TeX on this machine
- contact Ken Yap (ken@syd.dit.csiro.au), and he'll help you.
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