Installation of TeXmacs as a Red Hat Package



1. The idea behind rpm packages

If you use redhat linux or another linux distribution (like mandrake) which supports the rpm command to install software, it is very easy to install TeXmacs. You can check whether rpm exists on your system using

    which rpm
  
If the program is not installed, then you may download it from the web and unpack it in the / directory as root. Notice that the rpm program can only used by root. If you do not have root privilege, then you should ask your system administrator to install TeXmacs, or use the classical installation method.

2. Download, install and run

After downloading the TeXmacs distribution, you may install the software by typing (as root)

    rpm -i texmacs-0.2.5-8.i386.rpm
  
The program can now be launched using
    texmacs &
  
In a similar way, you may download the source code as an rpm package.

3. Be cool...

Please let me know if you like or dislike the program. It is very useful for me to have a rough idea about the number of permanent users and for what applications you are interested in TeXmacs. Furthermore, I am glad to receive your suggestions and problems, no matter how silly they may seem to you. In the near future I also plan to create a mailing list and maybe a newsgroup.

4. Problems