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Debian-specific information about TeX packages
Chapter 1 - Overview of the packages

The Debian teTeX packages are comprised of:

tetex-bin

provides the binary files

tetex-base

provides the most basic TeX and LaTeX input files, and will be sufficient for some simple documents, e.g. to build the documentation of other Debian packages (hopefully)

tetex-extra

contains lots of fonts and add-on packages for LaTeX and TeX development. If you want to use LaTeX to write and format your own documents, you will probably need many of these.

tetex-doc

the free part (according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines) of the documentation for tetex-bin, tetex-base and tetex-extra. It is not needed to build existing documents, but as an author, you will for sure want to install it.

tetex-doc-nonfree

the non-free part (according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines) of the documentation for tetex-bin, tetex-base and tetex-extra

tetex-src

the sources (i.e., .dtx files) of all the TeX/LaTeX files in tetex-base and tetex-extra, and of the documentation in tetex-doc. This package will only be needed by (La)TeX developers, or if you want to look up licensing information.

The Debian TeX Live packages are comprised of (currently) 76 packages in total. The most important are:

texlive-base-bin

provides the basic binaries and basic TeX input files

texlive-latex-base

provides the most basic LaTeX input files, and will be sufficient for some simple documents

texlive-latex-recommended

a recommended set of LaTeX packages which are sufficient for most typesetting purposes if you don't have any special requirements

texlive-fonts-recommended

a recommended set of fonts which are sufficient for most typesetting purposes if you don't have any special requirements

texlive-context

the complete ConTeXt environment

texlive

a meta-package depending on a decent selection of packages, comprising all of the above

texlive-full

a meta-package depending on all packages from the TeX Live group and on some other packages to create something similar to a full TeX Live installation

texlive-doc-*

packages like texlive-doc-en and texlive-doc-de provide documentation in the respective language

texlive-lang-*

packages like texlive-lang-dutch and texlive-lang-spanish provide language-specific support, like hyphenation patterns

There are many more packages, providing extra functionality and extra fonts. Please see the respective descriptions of these packages.

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Debian-specific information about TeX packages