install.txt for amscls 2.20 [2004/08/05] If you have a relatively up-do-date TeX system that complies with the TeX Directory Structure (TDS) standard, installing according to the instructions in section I below is the easiest method. See http://www.tug.org/tds/tds.pdf for details on the TDS standard. If your TeX system does not comply with the TDS standard, please contact the manufacturer of your TeX system for details on how to install third-party TeX packages. The first step is to identify the TEXMF folder that contains files used by LaTeX. To do this, look for the file article.cls. If you find, e.g., /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls then we will define TEXMF to mean /usr/local/share/texmf (everything up to the /tex/latex/base part). On a Windows system the file location will probably be something like c:\sw\texmf\tex\latex\base\article.cls Then we define TEXMF to mean c:\sw\texmf. In the following instructions, wherever you see "TEXMF" substitute the folder name determined in this way. If this terminology does not make sense to you, seek assistance from a friend or colleague, or from the company that you bought your TeX system from, or contact us at tech-support@ams.org 800-321-4AMS (321-4267) (USA/Canada) 401-455-4080 ======================================================================== I. Installing the easy way. 1. Download the following archive file: ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/amscls.zip 2. View the following files to assess the effects of the upgrade on your system: 00readme.txt install.txt (this file) diffs-c.txt 3. Backup the old version of AMS-LaTeX, preferably by moving it out of the TEXMF tree. 4. Extract files fromthe .zip archive using your favorite unzip tool, setting the extraction target directory to the texmf root directory. 5. To check the end result, you should find that you now have amsmath.sty in the following location TEXMF/tex/latex/amscls/amsart.cls Some TeX systems also use a database to keep track of TeX input files. If this database is not updated, your TeX system might not find the newly installed files. Consult your system's documentation to determine how to update this database. 6. Some files will appear in both the source area and another area. This is because the source form and the in-use form are identical. As distributed, the files in the source/latex/amscls area comprise a complete copy of the distribution from which all the other files can be regenerated if need be. If you need to conserve disk space, you could delete the files in the source area, since they are not needed for normal use. ======================================================================== II. Installing the not-so-easy way. Download ftp://ftp.ams.org/pub/tex/amscls.zip. Make the following directories, if not already present: TEXMF/source/latex/amscls TEXMF/tex/latex/amscls TEXMF/doc/latex/amscls Backup your old AMS-LaTeX files if they are installed, preferably moving them out of the TEXMF tree. Create a temporary directory and generate documentation files (these assume a UNIX TeX installation): - make directory /tmp/amscls - unzip -d /tmp/amscls amscls.zip - cd /tmp/amscls - Run latex on the file ams-c1.ins to produce .cls and .sty files - Run latex on *.tex - [optional] Run latex on *.dtx (technical documentation) - move *.dvi, *.pdf, *.tex to TEXMF/doc/latex/amscls - [optional] move *.dtx to TEXMF/doc/latex/amscls - [optional] convert .dvi to .ps or .pdf - move *.sty and *.cls to TEXMF/tex/latex/amscls - delete /tmp/amscls Some TeX systems also use a database to keep track of TeX input files. If this database is not updated, your TeX system might not find the newly installed files. Consult your system's documentation to determine how to update this database.