Installing the Linux binary of GNU TeXmacs
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1. Download the package

Download the TeXmacs binary on this CD.

2. Unpack the package

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

    gunzip -c TeXmacs-1.0.3.4-linux.tar.gz | tar xvf -

All files will be unpacked into the directory TeXmacs-1.0.3.4-linux. Let [installation directory] be the full path of this directory. You may determine it by typing:

    cd TeXmacs-1.0.3.4-linux
    pwd

3. Set the environment variables

Depending on your shell, either type

    export TEXMACS_PATH=[installation directory]
    export PATH=$TEXMACS_PATH/bin:$PATH

or

    setenv TEXMACS_PATH [installation directory]
    setenv PATH $TEXMACS_PATH/bin:$PATH

where [installation directory] is as in step 2. We recommend to put these lines in your personal startup script, such as .bash_profile.

4. Run !

    texmacs &

Appendix A. Possible problems

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