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<h1>Comprehensive T<span class="e">e</span>X Archive Network</h1>
<h2>The CTAN root directory</h2>
<p>This is the root of the <a href="http://www.ctan.org">Comprehensive
T<span class="e">e</span>X Archive Network</a> directory tree. Most
information in CTAN is contained in subdirectories:</p>
<dl>
<dt><a href="biblio/">biblio</a></dt><dd>
Systems for maintaining and presenting bibliographies within documents
typeset using T<span class="e">e</span>X</dd>
<dt><a href="digests/">digests</a></dt><dd> Collections of
T<span class="e">e</span>X mailing list digests,
T<span class="e">e</span>X-related electronic magazines, and indexes,
etc., of printed publications</dd>
<dt><a href="dviware/">dviware</a></dt><dd>
Printer drivers and previewers, etc., for .dvi files</dd>
<dt><a href="fonts/">fonts</a></dt><dd>
Fonts written in Metafont, and support for using fonts from other
sources (e.g., those in Adobe Type 1 format)</dd>
<dt><a href="graphics/">graphics</a></dt><dd>
Systems and T<span class="e">e</span>X macros for producing graphics</dd>
<dt><a href="help/">help</a></dt><dd>
FAQs
(<a href="help/de-tex-faq/">de</a>
<a href="help/LaTeX-FAQ-francaise/">fr</a>
<a href="help/uk-tex-faq/">uk</a>)
and similar direct assistance;
the <a href="help/Catalogue/index.html">catalogue</a></dd>
<dt><a href="indexing/">indexing</a></dt><dd>
Systems for maintaining and presenting indexes of documents typeset
using T<span class="e">e</span>X</dd>
<dt><a href="info/">info</a></dt><dd>
Manuals and extended how-to information; errata for
T<span class="e">e</span>X-related publications, collections of project
(e.g., L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X and NTS)
documents, etc.</dd>
<dt><a href="install/">install</a></dt><dd>
ZIP files of ready-to-install CTAN packages. The package contained in
CTAN directory <tt>a/b/c/d/</tt> appears as
<tt>install/a/b/c/d.tds.zip</tt> – each such file may be unzipped
directly into
a <a href="tds/tds.html">TDS</a>
tree, and should contain no “tree prefix”</dd>
<dt><a href="language/">language</a></dt><dd>
Support for various languages; hyphenation patterns</dd>
<dt><a href="macros/">macros</a></dt><dd> T<span class="e">e</span>X
macros; several directories have significant sub-trees:
<dl>
<dt><a href="macros/context/">context</a></dt><dd> The
ConT<span class="e">e</span>Xt distribution and contributed
material</dd>
<dt><a href="macros/generic/">generic</a></dt><dd> Macros that work in
several environments</dd>
<dt><a href="macros/latex/">latex</a></dt><dd> The
L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X distribution and
contributed material</dd>
<dt><a href="macros/luatex/">luatex</a></dt><dd>Macros that require the LuaT<span class="e">e</span>X engine</dd>
<dt><a href="macros/plain/">plain</a></dt><dd> Donald Knuth's example
macro set and contributed material</dd>
<dt><a href="macros/xetex/">xetex</a></dt><dd>Macros that require the X<span class="EE">Ǝ</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X engine</dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt><a href="obsolete/">obsolete</a></dt><dd> Material which is now
obsolete, but which needs to remain on the archive for some reason (such
as the 1992 L<span class="a">a</span>T<span class="e">e</span>X 2.09
distribution). The tree maintains a “shadow hierarchy”
– for example <a href="obsolete/macros/">obsolete/macros</a>
has the same basic structures <a href="macros/">macros</a>.</dd>
<dt><a href="support/">support</a></dt><dd>
T<span class="e">e</span>X support environments and the like</dd>
<dt><a href="systems/">systems</a></dt><dd> T<span class="e">e</span>X
systems; organised by operating environment, but also including:
<dl>
<dt><a href="systems/knuth/">knuth</a></dt><dd>
Donald Knuth's current distribution.</dd>
<dt><a href="systems/generic/">generic</a></dt><dd>
Complete systems that can potentially operate in more than one
operating environment.</dd>
<dt><a href="systems/mac/mactex/">MacT<span class="e">e</span>X</a></dt>
<dd>The distribution of MacTeX for Mac OS X</dd>
<dt><a href="systems/texlive/">T<span class="e">e</span>X
Live</a></dt><dd> The Live collection of freely distributable T<span class="e">e</span>X
material, including the <a href="systems/texlive/tlnet/">T<span class="e">e</span>X
Live on-line installer</a>.</dd>
<dt><a href="systems/win32/miktex/">MiKT<span class="e">e</span>X</a></dt><dd>
The distribution of MiKT<span class="e">e</span>X; CTAN provides a
home for MiKT<span class="e">e</span>X's package repository, part
of <em>its</em> online installer.</dd>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt><a href="tds/">tds</a></dt><dd> The T<span class="e">e</span>X
Directory Structure standard (the output of the TUG TDS working
group)</dd>
<dt><a href="usergrps/">usergrps</a></dt><dd> Information supplied by
T<span class="e">e</span>X User Groups</dd>
<dt><a href="web/">web</a></dt><dd>
Literate Programming tools and systems</dd>
</dl>
<h2>CTAN on the Web</h2>
<p>CTAN can be found on the Web under the
URL <a href="http://www.ctan.org">http://www.ctan.org</a>. The CTAN team
provides various features on this site:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive">Browsing the CTAN
directory</a></li>
<li>Browsing in the Cataloge
(by <a href="http://www.ctan.org/pkg">package</a>, <a href="http://www.ctan.org/author">author</a>,
or <a href="http://www.ctan.org/topic">topic</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.ctan.org/search">Searching in the
Catalogue</a></li>
<li>…</li>
</ul>
<h2>Searching CTAN</h2>
<p>You can search the content of the Catalogue with the following form on
the CTAN site:
</p>
<form method="get" action="http://www.ctan.org/search">
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The CTAN team also strongly recommend use of
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Catalogue Online, CTAN Edition</a>
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<p> In addition, CTAN archives maintain lists of their contents as plain
text files, in a number of ways:
</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="FILES.byname">Sorted by
name</a> (This is a <em>big</em> file…around 10M bytes).</li>
<li><a href="FILES.last07days">New or changed in the last 7 days</a> (This
is usually a more manageable size…)</li>
</ol>
<address>
<p>This is an experimental page. Comments,
to <a href="mailto:ctan@ctan.org">the CTAN team</a>, will be most
welcome.
</p>
<p>Last updated 2015-02-01</p>
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