TeX, teTeX, laTeX which one?

[Viktor Lazlo]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, dick hoogendijk wrote:

> I want to get to learn the world of TeX.
> I know I have to read some books about it, but I'm a little confused
> about which port(s) I need to install.
>
> TUG (TeX User Group) speaks of teTeX, but in the ports is also a TeX
>
> I guess I have to install teTeX. Am I right?
>
> What extra programs are relevant to install? (LaTeX, pdflatex, metafont,
> LyX, JadeTeX)???
>
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teTeX is the standard install for TeX, it includes pretty much everything
you need (metafont/LaTeX/pdflatex)--at any rate they're all on my system
and all I remember installing was teTeX.

Cheers,

Viktor