Re: Post installation configuration

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005, Christoph Bartoschek wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I got responsible for our TeX installation and have several questions:
>
> 1. I am confused about the post installation configuration. I've just
> installed teTeX 3.0 as described in INSTALL without problems. But what to do
> now?
>
> The documenatation says "configure teTeX using texconfig" and later  "set up
> area for automatic font generation".
>
> What are the recommended configurations using texconfig? For example which
> mode is the recommended one? The only configuration I can do without
> hesitating is setting the default paper to A4.
>
> About the area for automatic font generation there is no further
> documentation in INSTALL.
>
> 2. Are there any recommended components one should install additionally to
> teTeX? (latex packages, programms, fonts)?
>
> 3. Is there a documentation about all components of a teTeX installation. The
> number of programms and different files is overwhelming. Is there a guided
> description of all components of teTeX, which describes how the parts glue
> together. It's hard to see the whole picture by reading the manpages for the
> different tools.
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Christoph Bartoschek
>

Start with these:

http://www.tug.org/tetex/
http://www.tug.org/tetex/tetex-texmfdist/doc/
http://www.tug.org/tetex/texmf/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf
http://www.tug.org/tetex/texmf/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ

or in your installation

$TEXMFDIST/doc/index.html
$TEXMF/doc/tetex/TETEXDOC.pdf
$TEXMF/doc/tetex/teTeX-FAQ

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João Palhoto Matos                     http://www.math.ist.utl.pt/~jmatos
Departamento de Matemática
Instituto Superior Técnico
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