If you go through Windows "Start" "Programs" "Miktex," you'll see these offerings: It will be easier if you first install pdf/ps programs and a graphical front end, discussed later on this page.Īfter you install Miktex, familiarize yourself with some of its features. The only advantages of this approach are (i) later you can use your computer even if it is not connected to the internet and (ii) possibly there are some add-ons that are not "packages" I don't know whether that is the case.ĭon't worry about using Miktex right away. This program will then download a much bigger installation from the internet - i.e., it will install *everything*.
This is the procedure I would recommend for nearly all users of Miktex, since most users will only need a few packages beyond the basic ones (and anyone who wants to use packages will have to know which ones they want to use anyway). After that, you can use the Package Manager (also included in the system) to add (via the internet) any specialized packages that may interest you. You may have to run it more than once, if anything major has been updated. Then run the Update Wizard (included in the system), to make sure that you have the latest versions of everything. This will install on your computer a functioning Miktex system, including a few basic packages. Download and run the " Basic MiKTeX installer".You can install Miktex 2.7 in either of the following ways: And Windows NT is no longer supported for Miktex at all.) (Windows 98 and ME can still use Miktex 2.6, but support for it may end soon. It should work in the following versions of Windows: Most add-on programs written for tex on WindowsĪt the time of this writing, the current release of Miktex is version 2.7. "standard" tex distributions for Windows, so And further down this page are other programs that may also ease your use of TeX.Īt present, the only TeX distribution that I am recommending for TeX will be much easier to use if you also have a graphical shell that works as a front end.
To use TeX, you will definitely need a distribution. How to use TeX on our department's Unix computers.Īlso, for Macintoshes: you might look at the Members of my department may also want to look at TeX - Windows Freeware TeX and Other Selected Windows Freeware:įree TeX software available for Windows computersįor systems other than Windows, you might start with Tex Live.
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