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Contents of the README file

<h2>TeX Live ISO Images</h2>

<p>This directory contains the ISO image for the TL 2008 release.
md5 and sha256 checksums are provided.

<p>The <a href="http://tug.org/texlive/">TeX Live web pages</a> have
tips on <a href="http://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html">other ways to
acquire the distribution</a>, <a
href="http://tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html">quick installation</a>,
<a href="http://tug.org/texlive/doc.html">documentation</a>, and more.

<p>Instead of dealing with this giant image, for typical use we
recommend the <a href="ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlnet/2008/README">small
installer package(s)</a> available from <a
href="http://tug.org/ctan.html">CTAN</a>.

<p>For 2008, unlike previous years, there will be only one image: the
<i>live</i> image, which contains everything and can be run (more or
less) live, but only fits on DVD.  (It was no longer practical to create
a distribution that fits on CD.)

<p>If you have problems with installation or running TeX after
installation, please check your environment variables: settings,
including your PATH, that end up referencing previously-installed TeX
systems (TeX Live or otherwise), can cause trouble, especially on Windows.

<p>The <a href="texlive2008.iso.lzma">image</a> is compressed with <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZMA">lzma</a>.  The results are much
superior to zip (or bzip2 or gzip), and for the file this size, it's
worth it.  If needed, get the <a
href="http://tukaani.org/lzma/download">sources for lzma utilities</a>
and/or the <a
href="http://tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Master/tlpkg/installer/lzma/">lzma
binaries</a>, including Windows, that we've compiled for TeX Live.  From
a command prompt, run
<tt>lzmadec&nbsp;&lt;texlive2008.iso.lzma&nbsp;&gt;texlive2008.iso</tt>
to decompress it.

<p>Bug reports are welcome.  Please email tex-live@tug.org with any
problems, questions, suggestions.  The <a
href="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/tex-live">tex-live mail
archives</a> may be of some use.

<p>There is <b>no guaranteed support</b> of the contents of this directory.

Small print: This listing is regenerated periodically so there is a small chance that the directory has changed from what is shown here; to be sure, check the FTP listing.