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There are two main options for installing TeX/LaTeX on Windows: TeX Live and MiKTeX. Both are good choices and it does not matter much which one is selected. However, it is important to install the full version with all packages instead of a minimal version. TeXworks is included as a basic editor but some students had problems with it; TeXstudio is a good alternative. Be sure not to install TeX/LaTeX in the Program Files folder and avoid paths with spaces to prevent authorization and tool issues.

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There are two main options for installing TeX/LaTeX on Windows: TeX Live and MiKTeX. Both are good choices and it does not matter much which one is selected. However, it is important to install the full version with all packages instead of a minimal version. TeXworks is included as a basic editor but some students had problems with it; TeXstudio is a good alternative. Be sure not to install TeX/LaTeX in the Program Files folder and avoid paths with spaces to prevent authorization and tool issues.

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How do I install TeX/LaTeX on Windows

up I am new to TeX/LaTeX. How do I install TeX on Windows (7)? It


seems that there are many different implementations, so
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Werner Sai Manoj Kumar


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1 Joseph Wright wrote a great blog post about TeX on Windows, it's worth
0 read: TeX on Windows: MiKTeX or TeX Live Paulo Cereda Jan 21 '12 at 1

5 Perhaps take a look at tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1706/


Wright Jan 21 '12 at 12:30

3 proTeXt walks you through the process: tug.org/protext cmhughes


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up You can choose between TeX Live and MiKTeX. In practice it


does not make a difference which distribution you use.
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Especially if you are new to LaTeX. However you should take
own care that you install the full version, with all packages, and not
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a minimal or base version.

You get MiKTeX from here (choose the 'MiKTeX 2.9 Net
Installer') and TeX Live here.
Both install a basic editor (TeXworks). I have the experience
from my workshops with students, that they have problems
with that editor. I introduced TeXstudio which worked quite
well in the lectures.
shareimprove this answer edited Jan 21 '12 at 15:24 answered

qubyte Matthias Pospiech


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1 Please add a short description of your student's problems with
6 TeXworks. lockstep Jan 21 '12 at 12:17

6 Perhaps you could post such problems here as questions, one by one? S
each problem could be answered hopefully with good explanation and
perhaps even screenshots, which might help your students as well as fu
TeXworks users. Example of explaining using TeXworks with
mode: LaTeX Error: Unknown graphics extension: .ps. Stefan Kottwitz
21 '12 at 12:21
There is at least another TeX distribution, too: W32TeX. Its also interest
MiKTeX users, because it provides some tools as Windows binaries missi
MiKTeX, especially xindy and thelcdf-typetools. Speravir Jan 21 '12 at 20:1
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up Some hints beside the selection of distribution: Don't install it
in the programs folder.
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You may get problems with the authorization concept of win7.
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vote And important: No spaces in installation path! Some tools will
get problems.

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knut
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2 I assume that this applies to texlive mainly. Miktex never had such proble
at least I can not remember them. But texlive comes from the unix world
uses perl, there spaces in paths are a real problem. Matthias Pospiech
'12 at 22:51
I am using texlive. But I think I got problems with other tools related to Te
remember to problems with (rail)[ctan.org/tex-archive/support/rail]
22 '12 at 8:34
What is the default installation folder of texlive. I hope its not in 'program
folder. Sai Manoj Kumar Yadlapati Jan 22 '12 at 18:06
I think it is c:/texlive. But I don't like it. Now I have c:/bin/texlive. But as I
my first attempt with the windows default for applications make
problems. knut Jan 22 '12 at 19:21
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