Installation of TeXmacs



1. Download the package

Download the distribution which corresponds to your system:

For a first impression of TeXmacs, we recommend to download the static binaries. You may also download the source code and compile TeXmacs yourself.

2. Unpack the package

cd into the directory where you wish to install TeXmacs and type

    gunzip -c TeXmacs-[version]-[your system].tar.gz | tar xvf -
  
All files will be unpacked into the directory TeXmacs-[version]. This [installation directory] will be needed when setting the environment variables.

3. Set the environment variables

Depending on your shell, either type

    setenv TEXMACS_PATH [installation directory]
    setenv PATH $TEXMACS_PATH/bin:$PATH
    setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $TEXMACS_PATH/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  
or
    export TEXMACS_PATH=[installation directory]
    export PATH=$TEXMACS_PATH/bin:$PATH
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$TEXMACS_PATH/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
  

4. Run !

    texmacs &
  

5. Problems