TeX Live - TeX Users Group

TeX Live - TeX Users Group
TeX Live
TeX Live is intended to be a straightforward way to get up and
running with the
TeX document production system
. It
provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavors of
Unix, including GNU/Linux and
macOS
, and also
Windows. It includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages,
and fonts that are free software, including support for many languages
around the world. Many Unix/GNU/Linux
operating
systems provide TeX Live
via their own distributions and package
managers. TeX Live is supported by the
TeX Users Group
and many other user groups around the world.
A gentle reminder
: While TeX and friends are (and always will
be) free, TUG's activities, such as publishing our TeX journal
TUGboat
and books, organization of
conferences
, coordination of TeX development
including
TeX Live
, cost money. You can
help by
joining TUG
or, if
you wish, to
make a donation
. The
contributions may be tax deductible in the US—and are always very
welcome.
Concise instructions, per platform:
install on Unix/GNU/Linux
install on Windows
install on MacOS: MacTeX distribution
You can read the
full manual
for all the
possibilities, including automated installations and using custom
repositories.
Ways to acquire TeX Live:
an ISO image or via torrent
on DVD
other methods
Documentation
Contact and mailing lists
(you don't need
to subscribe in order to post).
Known issues
and
highlights of changes
in the current release (details for
LuaTeX
pdfTeX
XeTeX
).
Installing/updating packages after
installation
and
full upgrade from
previous years
Documentation of tlmgr
, the TeX Live Manager.
Portable (USB and DVD) usage
of TeX Live.
TeX Live licensing
and
integration with operating system
distributions
Development source repository
, and
building the sources
How you can help
Current release:
TeX Live 2026 is available
It was released on 1 March 2026, and
ongoing updates are available
The
GPG
public key
we use to sign our releases.
(You can view the
contents with
gpg --show-keyring texlive.asc
, or
gpg --list-options show-keyring
depending on your gpg
version.)
Some starting points for using TeX are in this
introduction to the TeX world
By the way, if you prefer an alternative to TeX Live,
the other major (free software) TeX distribution is
MiKTeX
, which also runs on GNU/Linux,
macOS, and Windows.
Plan for TeX Live 2027:
1feb: candidate/final sources committed, test builds begin.
7feb:
TL pretest
starts, CTAN updates
continue there and in tlnet.
27feb: code freeze for final build, major bug fixes only.
5mar: final updates from CTAN, final doc tweaks.
7mar: release TL and MacTeX.
As of 2024, the
TeX Collection
DVD
is no longer sent as a TUG membership benefit. Images will be
available for individual download and burning: see the
TeX DVD
page.
TeX Live has been developed since 1996 by collaboration between the
TeX user groups
. TeX Live was originally
perpetrated by
Sebastian Rahtz
. Present miscreants include
Akira Kakuto,
Hironobu Yamashita,
Hironori Kitagawa,
Karl Berry,
Luigi Scarso,
Max Chernoff,
Mojca Miklavec,
Norbert Preining,
Reinhard Kotucha,
Takuji Tanaka,
Yukimasa Morimi,
and a
cast of thousands
$Date: 2026/03/01 21:34:10 $;
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