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Electronic distribution
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  In many places we refer to CTAN:.  This is _both_ a host name and a
directory name.  Here are some primary locations:

     <ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive>    (California, USA)
     <ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive>    (Germany)
     <ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive>   (England)

CTAN has many mirrors worldwide; see the top-level file
`README.mirrors' from one of the sites above, or finger
<ctan@ftp.tug.org>, or see <http://www.tug.org/CTAN.sites>.  A list
current as of the time of distribution is in the top-level file
`./MIRROR'.

  You can also access CTAN via the World Wide Web, Gopher, electronic
mail, or NFS.  The same `README.mirrors' file explains how.

  You will need to retrieve some or all of the following archives,
depending on your needs (don't forget to set binary mode for file
transfers):

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/texmflib.tar.gz'
     A basic collection of fonts (TFM files only) and macro packages
     (including Texinfo and LaTeX 2e).  It unpacks into `texmf/'; if
     you change the structure of this hierarchy, you will also have to
     change the default search paths (Note: Changing search paths).
     It is required unless you already have these files, in which case
     you should change the default paths as necessary to find them.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web.tar.gz'
     The original WEB source files, written mostly by Don Knuth.
     Required unless you already have this `web' version.  (The WEB
     sources change irregularly with respect to Web2c itself.)  Unpacks
     into `web2c-VERSION'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web2c.tar.gz'
     The Web2c system.  Required.  Also unpacks into `web2c-VERSION'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web2c-etex.tar.gz'
     Additions to the Web2c system for building e-TeX.  Optional.
     Unpacks into `web2c-VERSION'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/etexlib.tar.gz'
     Additions to the texmf tree needed to build e-TeX.  Optional.
     Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/etexdoc.tar.gz'
     Documentation for e-TeX as an addition to the texmf tree.
     Optional.  Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web2c-omega.tar.gz'
     Additions to the Web2c system for building Omega.  Optional.
     Unpacks into `web2c-VERSION'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/omegalib.tar.gz'
     Additions to the texmf tree needed to build Omega.  Optional.
     Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/omegadoc.tar.gz'
     Documentation for Omega as an addition to the texmf tree.
     Optional.  Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/web2c-pdftex.tar.gz'
     Additions to the Web2c system for building pdfTeX.  Optional.
     Unpacks into `web2c-VERSION'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/pdftexlib.tar.gz'
     Additions to the texmf tree needed to build pdfTeX.  Optional.
     Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/pdftexdoc.tar.gz'
     Unpacks into `texmf/'.  Documentation for pdfTeX as an addition to
     the texmf tree.  Optional.  Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/texk.tar.gz'
     The web and web2c sources, plus the additions for web2c, plus the
     dvi drivers mentioned below, plus extra dvi drivers and tools not
     packaged separately.  Recommended if you want to build a complete
     system, but may contain an older version of the separate packages.
     Unpacks into `texk-VERSION'.

`CTAN:/systems/web2c/texklib.tar.gz'
     The basic texmf tree, plus the additions for e-TeX, Omega, and
     pdfTeX.  The match for texk.tar.gz, and therefore may also be older
     than the separate packages.  Unpacks into `texmf/'.

`CTAN:/dviware/dvipsk/dvipsk.tar.gz'
     DVI-to-PostScript translator.  Unpacks into `dvipsk-VERSION'.
     Optional.

`CTAN:/dviware/xdvik/xdvik.tar.gz'
     X window system DVI previewer.  Unpacks into `xdvik-VERSION'.
     Optional.

`CTAN:/dviware/dviljk/dviljk.tar.gz'
     DVI-to-PCL (HP LaserJet) translator.  Unpacks into
     `dviljk-VERSION'.  Optional.

  All that said, the originating host for the software above is
`ftp.tug.org'.  You can retrieve these distributions (but not much
else) from the `tex/' directory on that host.