required – Packages required of a LaTeX distribution

These are packages that the LaTeX team have declared are required of any LaTeX distribution – in the sense that any package writer is entitled to assume the presence of these packages in support of her package.

The set comprises:

• AmsLaTeX, mathematical support from the AMS;
• The babel package for multilingual typesetting;
• Standard LaTeX support for using Cyrillic alphabet fonts;
• The standard LaTeX graphics and colour packages;
• Basic support for using common Adobe Type 1 fonts with LaTeX – the psnfss ; and
• Basic LaTeX latex-tools .

For distribution details, see the individual packages’ catalogue entries.