On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:38:00 +0000, af300...@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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