INSTALL_TEX

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: August 21, 1989
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NAME

Install_TeX - install TeX for use from distribution media  

SYNOPSIS

Install_TeX
 

DESCRIPTION

The Install_TeX shell script uncompresses, untars, and installs the TeX and METAFONT software system from the distribution file. It must be run as root; it will abort if it is not. It can be run multiple times in case something should happen to the installation. It does not currently remove the distribution file /usr/tex/TeXdist.tar.Z; this file may be removed when everything is functioning correctly to reclaim a small amount of disk space.

When this shell script is run, there must be approximately twenty megabytes of space on the file system for all the various files that are created.  

FILES


     
 /usr/tex/TeXdist.tar.Z  
                   the compressed distribution.
     
 /usr/lib/tex             
                   the root of the created TeX library
     
 /usr/lib/mf
                   the root of the created mf library
     
 /NextLibrary/Fonts/TeXFonts  
                   where the fonts are placed
     
 /LocalLibrary/Fonts/TeXFonts 
                   where dynamically created fonts are placed
      /usr/bin
                   where most executables created are stored

 

SEE ALSO

tex(1), dvips(1), texview(1), mf(1)

 

DIAGNOSTICS

This program will complain and abort if it is not run as superuser. If any of the directories that are to be created exist, a warning will be printed and the user will be asked if he or she wishes to continue.

 

BUGS

If this program is run when less then about twenty megabytes of disk space is free, it may abort at any point, or possibly even appear to run to completion.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
FILES
SEE ALSO
DIAGNOSTICS
BUGS

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