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- LaTeX installation instructions for OzTeX
- =========================================
-
- 24 January 1995
-
- NOTE: LaTeX is installed and ready to use in OzTeX 1.8 and later.
- If you have an older version of OzTeX then please upgrade. Don't expect
- any support if you decide to merge this release of LaTeX with an older
- version of OzTeX! If you have OzTeX 1.8 or later then you will only need
- to read the following instructions if you decide to update the version of
- LaTeX distributed with OzTeX.
-
-
- SUMMARY
- =======
-
- This file contains instructions on how to install LaTeX for OzTeX.
- Before reading this file, you should read install.txt which explains
- how the LaTeX installation works in more detail.
-
- The following sections describe:
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- * How to unpack the LaTeX distribution.
-
- * How to create the LaTeX format.
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- * How to check that the installation worked.
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- * Removing unnecessary files.
-
- * Installing new packages.
-
-
- UNPACKING THE DISTRIBUTION
- ==========================
-
- To unpack the LaTeX distribution:
-
- * Delete all files in the existing `LaTeX' folder in `TeX-inputs'.
- (If you like, make a backup copy of this folder first, but move the copy
- out of the `TeX-inputs' folder so that TeX won't find any old files.)
-
- * Move all files in the distribution to the empty `LaTeX' folder.
-
- * Start up OzTeX.
-
- * Select `TeX...' from the `TeX' menu.
-
- * Use the standard file dialog to locate `unpack.ins', but do NOT open the
- file. Instead, select `Cancel'. This sets OzTeX's current folder.
-
- * Select `INITEX' from the `TeX' menu.
-
- * Type `unpack.ins' in response to the `**' prompt and hit Return.
-
- This will start the unpacking process. This may take some time:
- about 3 hours on an SE, 50 minutes on a IIsi, 30 minutes on a Duo 230,
- 16 minutes on a IIfx or 10 minutes on a Quadra 840AV.
-
- If you have a copy of MakeIndex, then move all files ending in `.ist'
- to your MakeIndex folder.
-
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- CREATING THE LATEX FORMAT
- =========================
-
- To create the LaTeX format:
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- * Select `INITEX' from the `TeX' menu.
-
- * Type `latex.ltx' in response to the `**' prompt and hit Return.
-
- * After a short while, you will be asked to save the LaTeX format.
- Save it as `LaTeX.fmt' in the `TeX-formats' folder.
-
- You might discover at a later date that some of the TeX parameters in the
- `Default' config file need to be increased to typeset your documents.
- Depending on which parameters, you might need to build a new format file.
- You might even need to build a "big" format; the OzTeX User Guide explains
- how to do this.
-
-
- CHECKING THAT THE INSTALLATION WORKED
- =====================================
-
- To check that the installation worked:
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- * Move the file `ltxcheck.ltx' out of the `LaTeX' folder.
- (It doesn't matter where you move it, just so long as it is not in the
- same folder as the file `article.cls'. If this file is in the same
- folder then LaTeX will definitely be able to read it and so cannot check
- if it is possible to read files that are NOT in the current folder.)
-
- * Tick the `LaTeX' format in the `TeX' menu.
-
- * Select `TeX...' from the `TeX' menu.
-
- * Open the file `ltxcheck.ltx'.
- 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.
-
- * Delete the .log and .aux files created (and move `ltxcheck.ltx' back to
- the `LaTeX' folder if you like).
-
- 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 `LaTeX' folder, delete all files ending in:
-
- .ins .dtx .fdd.
-
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- INSTALLING NEW PACKAGES
- =======================
-
- OzTeX comes with a number of extra LaTeX packages already installed.
- The files for these packages are stored in various sub-folders in the
- `TeX-inputs' folder (currently Graphics, PSNFSS and Tools).
- If you want to install a new package then remove the old version
- (if one exists) and follow the instructions in the new `readme' file.
- In general, installing a package called `xxx' is simply a matter of
- running TeX on a file called `xxx.ins'. Some packages (like amslatex)
- also require installation of appropriate fonts.
-
-
- --- Copyright 1994 Andrew Trevorrow and the LaTeX3 project. ---
- --- All rights reserved. ---
-