TeX Live is a cross-platform,
free
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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.
It is now the default TeX distribution for several
Linux distributions such as
openSUSE,
Fedora
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,
Debian
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,
Ubuntu,
Termux and
Gentoo.
Other Unix operating systems like
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,
FreeBSD
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and
NetBSD
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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. 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
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and
Mac OS X, as well as the vector graphics language
Asymptote.
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. 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 and
Homebrew
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.
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