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<h2>Welcome to TeX Live</h2>
<p>The <strong>TeX Live</strong> software distribution offers a complete
TeX system for a variety of Unix, Macintosh, Windows and other
platforms. It encompasses programs for editing, typesetting, previewing
and printing of TeX documents in many different languages, and a large
collection of TeX macros and font libraries.
<p>The distribution includes extensive general documentation about TeX,
as well as the documentation for the included software packages.
<p>For licensing information, please see the top-level <a
href="../LICENSE.TL">LICENSE.TL</a> and <a
href="../LICENSE.CTAN">LICENSE.CTAN</a> text files.
<h3>Where to start</h3>
<p>We strongly recommend that you read the TeX Live Guide before
undertaking the installation. It includes step-by-step instructions, a
description of the top-level directories, and more.
<p>English versions of the Guide are in the
<a href="../texmf-doc/doc/english">texmf-doc/doc/english/</a> hierarchy, in
both <a href="../texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html">html</a>
and <a href="../texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.pdf">pdf</a>
formats. Translations to other languages are also available under
<a href="../texmf-doc/doc/">texmf-doc/doc/*</a>.
<p>For a list of the most important changes in this year's release,
see the <i>Release history</i> section at the end of the documentation.
<h3>Installation</h3>
<p>The installation script is now named <tt>install-tl</tt>, and has
both GUI (default on Windows) and text (default on everything else)
operation modes. You can force one or the other with the options
<tt>-gui</tt> and <tt>-no-gui</tt>, respectively.
<p>Post-installation package updates and other configuration is now
performed with the <tt>tlmgr</tt> (TeX Live Package Manager) script,
which likewise has both GUI and text modes.
<h3>Documentation</h3>
<p>Most of the documentation can be viewed online, before the TeX system
is installed. To read it most conveniently, you will need to have a
browser (such as <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/">Mozilla</a>) for HTML
documents, and a PDF reader (such as <a
href="http://tug.org/applications/gv/">gv</a> or <a
href="http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/">xpdf</a> or <a
href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/">Sumatra PDF</a>
(all free alternatives to Acrobat) for PDF documents.
<p><ul>
<li><a href="../texmf-doc/doc/english/texlive-en/texlive-en.html"><strong>TeX
Live documentation</strong></a> (html).
<li><a href="../doc.html">Links to all included PDF and HTML documentation</a>.
<li>The English <a href="../texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/">TeX FAQ</a>
(<a href="../texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/newfaq.pdf">pdf</a> also
available).
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<p>Finally, a few related web pages, for your reference. These are not
included in TeX Live:
<p><ul>
<li><a href="http://tug.org/begin.html">http://tug.org/begin.html</a>
- if you are new to TeX and/or want introductory material.
<li><a href="http://tug.org/interest.html">http://tug.org/interest.html</a>
- general list of TeX web resources, including documentation,
systems, packages, fonts, and more.
<li><a href="http://tug.org/ctan.html">http://tug.org/ctan.html</a>
- one entry point into the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN),
which is an online repository of all things TeX.
<li><a href="http://tug.org/usergroups.html">http://tug.org/usergroups.html</a>
- list of TeX user groups around the world, with contact
information. We strongly encourage you to join the user group of
your choice, to support TeX Live and other TeX activities.
</ul>
<h4>Happy TeXing!</h4>
<hr><small><a href="http://tug.org/tex-live/">TeX Live home page.</a></small>
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