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aplTeX is a minimal (~10 MiB) TeX distribution built on LuaTeX for TeXnicians who needs a self-contained modern TeX setup.
Despite its name, it is not related with the A Programming Language in any sense.
Installation
The supported kernels are Linux and Darwin/XNU. Make sure you have make, sed and curl installed, then use build.sh under the scripts folder to build, and clean.sh to cleanup.
This will create the texmf folder which contains the built engine, fonts and format. You can put it anywhere on your disk, but its name should remain.
Information
This project is licensed under the Clause-3 BSD License. Several files in the source tree are provided as-is, subject to their respective licenses.
The current version is 3.0.
Download the contents of this package in one zip archive (4.1M).
aplTeX – Tiny TeX distribution built on Web2C and LuaTeX
aplTeX is a minimal TeX distribution built on LuaTeX and Web2C, designed for TeXnicians seeking a small, modern, and self-contained TeX installation.
It has been tested on Darwin (Sequoia) and Linux (Gentoo).
| Package | aplTeX |
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| Version | 3.0 |
| Licenses | 3-clause BSD License |
| Copyright | 2024–2026 Jing Huang |
| Maintainer | Jing Huang |
| Topics | Distribution |