Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:10:15 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: af300wsm@gmail.com Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Which latex should I install Message-ID: <20090626061015.b2d8ddf5.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <00163645825a2bb2a1046d381192@google.com> References: <00163645825a2bb2a1046d381192@google.com>
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On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:38:00 +0000, af300wsm@gmail.com wrote: > for LaTeX. I was using a Linux system at work and would like to install it > on my FreeBSD system at home since I've been looking for something like > this for exchanging math questions I have with a friend who's helping me > understand mathematics as I pursue my degree. LaTeX is just what I've been > looking for. However, when I went to find the port by doing "make search > name=latex" I was returned so many hits, frankly, I'm overwhelmed. What do > I need to install from ports to get the LaTeX "language" on my system, show > the markup using the native DVI and more importantly, write pdf file from > the markup? The easiest way is to install teTeX via package. # pkg_add -r teTeX You can then use "latex" and "pdflatex" commands from your tex source files. > The tutorial I was going off of was using something called > pdftex I think, but not sure. tex <-> latex == pdftex <-> pdflatex. :-) > There's just so much there. Obviously, LaTeX is much more than I thought it > was. I'm looking forward to understanding it more. LaTeX is a professional typesetting system which can be (ab)used to do everything imaginable. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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