TeX Live is intended to be a straightforward way to get up and
running with the
TeX document production system
. It
provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of
Unix, including GNU/Linux and
macOS
, and also
Windows. It includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages,
and fonts that are free software, including support for many languages
around the world. Many Unix/GNU/Linux
operating
systems provide TeX Live
via their own distributions and package
managers.
You can read the
full manual
for all the
possibilities, including automated installations and using custom
repositories.
The
GPG
public key
we use to sign our releases.
(You can view the
contents with
gpg --show-keyring texlive.asc
, or
gpg --list-options show-keyring
depending on your gpg
version.)
Some starting points for actually using TeX are in this
introduction to the TeX world
.
By the way, if you prefer an alternative to TeX Live,
the other major (free software) TeX distribution is
MiKTeX
, which also runs on GNU/Linux,
macOS, and Windows.
Plan for TeX Live 2025:
1feb: candidate/final sources committed, test builds begin.
8feb:
TL pretest
starts, CTAN updates
continue there and in tlnet.
22feb: code freeze for final build, major bug fixes only.
1mar: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks.
8mar: release TL and MacTeX.
As of this year (2024), the
TeX Collection
DVD
will no longer be sent as a TUG membership benefit. Images
will be available for individual download and burning.
TeX Live has been developed since 1996 by collaboration between the
TeX user groups
. TeX Live was originally
perpetrated by
Sebastian Rahtz
. Present miscreants include
Akira Kakuto,
Hironobu Yamashita,
Hironori Kitagawa,
Karl Berry,
Luigi Scarso,
Max Chernoff,
Mojca Miklavec,
Norbert Preining,
Reinhard Kotucha,
Siep Kroonenberg,
Takuji Tanaka,
and a
cast of thousands
.
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