This is version 0.2 of teTeX, a TeX distribution for linux.

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 Here - in short - the main features of teTeX, as listed in the file
 FEATURES:
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- very easy to install and customize

- the whole distribution can be installed anywhere in the
  filesystem (e.g. /usr/TeX or /usr/local/tex). You do not
  need to set any environment variable as long as you keep
  the original structure of the package.

- a easy-to-use tool to configure tex formats, dvips, xdvi, ...

- well organised inputs tree

- fast file searching. web2c was patched to work with kpathsea-2.4.
  The search paths are chosen to give a high performance.

- kpathsea debugging via the environment variable KPATHSEA_DEBUG
  that allows you to trace:
	stat(2)-calls, hashtable-access, fopen(2)-calls
	searchpaths, variable-expansions and disk searches
  The kpathsea-tools (written by me myself :-) allow you to
  find files, expand variables and searchpaths.

- run-time configuration files for dvi-drivers and tex+friends.
  Search paths can be set up for each executable differently.
  So, you can specify a different TEXINPUTS path for latex2e
  and latex209 (without a shell-script wrapper).

- LaTeX2e patch level 4 together with some extra LaTeX packages,
  including AmSLaTeX 1.2. with full LaTeX2e support.

- very much documentation in texmf/doc, browsable html-index for all
  (exactly 67) dvi-files, plus TeX-FAQ.

- a nice set of fonts to play with: PostScript fonts, ams, pandora, cm, dc,
  oldgerman. All of those are accessable to LaTeX by a single \usepackage
  command (e.g. \usepackage{times} for the PostScript Times family).

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 Disk space requirements:
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	Base series:            10 MB
	Goodies series:         13 MB

	To compile the sources: 23 MB

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 .pk fonts:
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teTeX comes without .pk fonts. There are (at least) 4 ways to work around:
	- use existing .pk-fonts from a different location (set PKFONTS
	  variable, or edit the run-time config file texmf.cnf)
	- copy existing .pk-fonts into the teTeX hierarchy (I provided
	  a script fontimport for that purpose)
	- generate all CM and/or DC fonts in a batch job (allcm, alldc)
	- generate .pk fonts automatically when they are needed (MakeTeXPK)

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 Documentation
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There is a teTeX manual (tetexdoc.dvi) and a doc package (including the
TeX-FAQ and 67 dvi files) for your help.

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 Installation
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To install teTeX follow these instructions (as described in the file
INSTALL):

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 Getting the files:
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Get the contents of the directories base* and goodies* either to
floppy disks (these may have any filesystem you can mount), or
copy the whole base* and goodies* directories somewhere into your
filesystem.

Example1:
	mcopy base1/* a:
	mcopy base2/* a:
	mcopy goodies1/* a:
	...

Example2: (assuming GNU-tar and /dev/fd0 as floppy device)
	On the host containing the base* and goodies* directories:

		tar Mcvf /dev/fd0 base* goodies*

	On the host where you want to install teTeX:

		tar Mxvf /dev/fd0

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 A) floppy installation: 
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Instructions:
	- become root, if you need privileges (mounting floppys,
	   writing to the filesystem)
	- copy install.sh from disk base1 to /tmp (or somewhere else)
	- execute install.sh and follow the instructions there (the script
	  has some on-line-help)

Example:
	% cd /tmp
	% su
	# mcopy a:install.sh .
	# sh install.sh

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 B) installation from a mounted directory
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Instructions:
	- make sure, you have a directory that holds the teTeX distribution.
	  This directory needs to have the subdirectories base1, base2,
	  goodies1, goodies2, goodies3 and the files of the distribution.
	- execute install.sh from this directory

Example:
	% mkdir -p /usr/local/teTeX-dist/base{1,2}
	% mkdir /usr/local/teTeX-dist/goodies{1,2,3}
	... copy the files into the newly created directories ...
	% cd /usr/local/teTeX-dist/base1
	% sh install.sh

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 Copyright License: GNU GPL Version 2 (or later)
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Please send feedback to the autor:

	Thomas Esser
	Email: te@informatik.uni-hannover.de

	November, 1994