TeX Live is a cross-platform,
free software distribution for the
TeX typesetting system that includes major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts. It is the replacement of its no-longer supported counterpart
teTeX
teTeX (stylised as ) was a TeX distribution for Unix-like systems. As of May 2006, teTeX is no longer actively maintained and its former maintainer Thomas Esser recommended TeX Live as the replacement. .
It is now the default TeX distribution for several
Linux distributions
A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one ...
such as
openSUSE
openSUSE () is a free and open source RPM-based Linux distribution developed by the openSUSE project.
The initial release of the community project was a beta version of SUSE Linux 10.0.
Additionally the project creates a variety of tools, s ...
,
Fedora
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,
Debian
Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of De ...
,
Ubuntu
Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: '' Desktop'', ''Server'', and ''Core'' for Internet of things devices and robots. All ...
,
Termux and
Gentoo.
Other Unix operating systems like
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a security-focused, free and open-source, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Theo de Raadt created OpenBSD in 1995 by forking NetBSD 1.0. According to the website, the OpenBSD project e ...
,
FreeBSD
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and
NetBSD
NetBSD is a free and open-source Unix operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was the first open-source BSD descendant officially released after 386BSD was forked. It continues to be actively developed and is ava ...
have also converted from teTeX to TeX Live.
The project was originally started by
Sebastian Rahtz in 1996 in collaboration with the TeX user groups worldwide, including the
TeX Users Group
Tex may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname
* Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr.
Entertainment
* ''Tex'', the Italian ...
. Today, it is maintained by Karl Berry, Akira Kakuto, Luigi Scarso and many other people.
Up to version 2009, TeX Live could be run directly, or "live", from a CD-ROM, from a DVD-ROM, or from any other mobile device, hence its name. As of TeX Live 2010, it was no longer possible to run the distribution from the TeX Collection DVD due to restrictions in storage space. TeX Live follows the
TeX Directory Structure.
Since the 2009 release, the editor
TeXworks is included for
Microsoft Windows
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and
Mac OS X
macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of ...
, as well as the vector graphics language
Asymptote
In analytic geometry, an asymptote () of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero as one or both of the ''x'' or ''y'' coordinates tends to infinity. In projective geometry and related context ...
.
For Mac OS X there is
MacTeX which comprises the full TeX Live distribution as well as some additional tools for using TeX on the Mac, most notably the editor
TeXShop and the bibliography manager
BibDesk
BibDesk is an open-source reference management software package for macOS, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It can also be used to organize and maintain a library of documents in PDF format and other f ...
. Similar to Basic MikTeX in
MikTeX, a substantially smaller download, BasicTeX, can also be used for Mac as well.
TeX Live can also be compiled and installed through
MacPorts
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and
Homebrew.
Release history
See also
*
MiKTeX
References
External links
*
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Free TeX software
Linux TeX software
Software using the LPPL license
TeX software for macOS
TeX software for Windows