Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!philapd!ssp15!jos From: jos@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Jos Vos) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: how to get TeX, LaTex Keywords: Tex, LaTeX, dvi2ps Message-ID: <548@ssp15.idca.tds.philips.nl> Date: 21 Sep 88 06:18:30 GMT References: <166@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> Organization: Philips Telecommunication and Data Systems, The Netherlands Lines: 26 In article <166@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> stevens@hsi.UUCP (Richard Stevens) writes: >I am in need of bringing up TeX and LaTeX on a vanilla 4.3 BSD VAX. I have to bring up TeX/LaTeX for a System V UNIX system, with PostScript printers. So, we *should* have the same problem :-) . >- We're connected to uunet, and I see a TeX release is there (22 Mb worth). Is there a version in Europe? (Sorry, I'm not on the Internet). >- I've also heard of a UNIX release tape from U. Washington. Me too. Does it include the same things as the UUNET stuff? >- Would the TeX at uunet include LaTeX ?? The U. Washington distribution does (I only have a more general overview). >- We have PostScript LaserWriters, so I assume we'd need the dvi2ps > program also ?? In the U. Washington distribution is a (I don't know which) driver for PostScript printers, if I understand the mailing correctly. Please let anyone having "the total overview" of TeX distributions post it. And be clear about languages and needed compilers! It will help a lot of people, I think. -- -- ###### Jos Vos ###### Internet jos@idca.tds.philips.nl ###### -- ###### ###### UUCP ...!mcvax!philapd!jos ######