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<tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><th>Name</th><th>OS</th><th>Homepage</th><th>Remarks</th></tr> | <tr bgcolor="#CCCCCC"><th>Name</th><th>OS</th><th>Homepage</th><th>Remarks</th></tr> | ||
<tr><td>pdf(e)TeX</td><td>"all"</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/ pdftex.org]</td><td>latest version at [http://freshmeat.net/projects/pdftex/ freshmeat] or [http://pdftex.sarovar.org sarovar]</td></tr> | <tr><td>pdf(e)TeX</td><td>"all"</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/ pdftex.org]</td><td>latest version at [http://freshmeat.net/projects/pdftex/ freshmeat] or [http://pdftex.sarovar.org sarovar]</td></tr> | ||
| − | <tr><td>NTS</td><td>Java</td><td>[http://www.dante.de/CTAN//systems/nts/ CTAN]</td><td>OO re-implementation of TeX in Java as a base for | + | <tr><td>NTS</td><td>Java</td><td>[http://www.dante.de/CTAN//systems/nts/ CTAN]</td><td>OO re-implementation of TeX in Java as a base for further enhancements</td></tr> |
<tr><td>ExTeX</td><td>Java</td><td>[http://www.extex.org/ extex.org]</td><td>merger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state)</td></tr> | <tr><td>ExTeX</td><td>Java</td><td>[http://www.extex.org/ extex.org]</td><td>merger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state)</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>Aleph</td><td>"all"?</td><td>[http://www.dante.de/CTAN//systems/aleph/ CTAN]</td><td>Omega Unicode TeX variant (former eOmega or Gamma?) by Giuseppe Bilotta</td></tr> | <tr><td>Aleph</td><td>"all"?</td><td>[http://www.dante.de/CTAN//systems/aleph/ CTAN]</td><td>Omega Unicode TeX variant (former eOmega or Gamma?) by Giuseppe Bilotta</td></tr> | ||
Revision as of 21:37, 8 October 2004
< Installation hints | Linux Installation >
Historically there were a lot of different TeX distributions. Nowadays there are only a few wide spread. We mention only those that are free and support ConTeXt:
| Name | OS | Homepage | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| TeX Live | a lot | tug.org/texlive | web2c, based on teTeX and fpTeX |
| teTeX | Linux, Unix | tug.org/tetex | web2c |
| fpTeX | Win32 | fptex.org | web2c, based on teTeX |
| MikTeX | Win | miktex.org | GUI |
| gwTeX | MacOS X | rna.nl | web2c, based on TeX Live |
- web2c is a common base for TeX distributions, see tug.org/web2c. It uses the kpathsea tool and its ls-R database for file searches.
web2c hints
- use mktexlsr (same as texhash) to rebuild the file database after every install or change!
- Beware, older web2c distributions keep ConTeXt’s (Perl/Ruby) scripts at .../context/perltk, newer at .../scripts/Perl/context! Make sure to delete the older ones!
MikTeX hints
MikTeX has anywhere a "rebuild database" menu entry; use it after every install or change!
alternative TeX processors
TeX the program writes only DVI output; with ConTeXt we normally use pdfeTeX, a merger of eTeX and pdfTeX -- it's nowadays probably the most used TeX processor and part of all(?) distributions. But there are more...
| Name | OS | Homepage | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf(e)TeX | "all" | pdftex.org | latest version at freshmeat or sarovar |
| NTS | Java | CTAN | OO re-implementation of TeX in Java as a base for further enhancements |
| ExTeX | Java | extex.org | merger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state) |
| Aleph | "all"? | CTAN | Omega Unicode TeX variant (former eOmega or Gamma?) by Giuseppe Bilotta |
| XeTeX | MacOS X | sil.org | uses Mac special features; bidirectional typesetting; supported by ConTeXt since Context 2004.10.7 |
