Contents

1 Introduction
 1.1 Basic usage of TeX Live
 1.2 Getting help
2 Structure of TeX Live
 2.1 Multiple distributions: live, inst, demo
 2.2 Top level directories
 2.3 Extensions to TeX
 2.4 Other notable programs in TeX Live
3 Unix installation
 3.1 Running TeX Live directly from media (Unix)
 3.2 Installing TeX Live to disk
 3.3 Installing individual packages to disk
4 Post-installation
 4.1 The texconfig program
 4.2 Testing the installation
5 Mac OS X installation
 5.1 i-Installer: Internet installation
 5.2 install*.sh: TeX Live installation
 5.3 Mac OS X frontends
 5.4 bash installation for older Mac OS X versions
6 Windows installation
 6.1 The TeXLive.exe program
 6.2 Running TeX Live directly from media (Windows)
 6.3 Support packages for Windows
 6.4 Installing TeX Live to disk
7 Windows maintenance and post-installation
 7.1 What’s different in Windows?
 7.2 Adding packages to your installation
 7.3 Uninstalling TeX Live
 7.4 Running TeXSetup.exe from the command line
 7.5 Network installation
 7.6 Personal configurations
 7.7 Testing
 7.8 Printing
 7.9 Tips and tricks for Win32
 7.10 In case of problems
 7.11 Compiling the source files
 7.12 Where to get more information
8 A user’s guide to Web2C
 8.1 Kpathseapath searching
 8.2 Filename databases
 8.3 Runtime options
9 Building on a new Unix platform
 9.1 Prerequisites
 9.2 Configuration
 9.3 Running make
10 Last words
 10.1 Acknowledgements
 10.2 Release history
 10.3 Future releases