To install TeX on OpenVMS perform the following steps: 0) copy the distribution (either the ZIP archive or the save-sets) to the root directory of the disk that shall hold TeX 1.1) if you got the CTAN archive (TEX97_CTAN.ZIP) extract the archive with UNZIP 5.x into TEX97_CTAN.BCK and restore the save-set with the BACKUP utility; this will create the TeX tree under :[TEXMF...] The ZIP archive has the OpenVMS record attributes included so one really needs the OpenVMS version of UNZIP. 1.2) if you got the DECUS archives (TEX97_%%%.BCK) restore at least TEX97_EXE.BCK and TEX97_FNT.BCK with the BACKUP utility; this will create the TeX tree under :[TEXMF...] 2) delete any the directories starting with two underscores, __*.DIR . these directories should be empty and have been used during the development. if they contain some files, please notify us, since you found a bug in the distribution procedure. 3) define the basic logicals by DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC TEX_DISK DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC/TRANSLATION=CONCEALED TEX_ROOT TEX_DISK:[TEXMF.] DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC TEX_USAGE CLD in your SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGICALS.COM 4) define the remaining logicals after has been mounted in SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM or your local startup procedure by @TEX_ROOT:[EXE.COMMON]TEX_LOGICALS.COM 5) add the following to SYS$MANAGER:SYLOGIN.COM or the login procedure defined by SYS$SYLOGIN: @TEX_EXE:TEX_COMMANDS.COM After a reboot TeX will be available. For other installation opportunities see TEX_ROOT:[MGR]VMS_TEX_MGR.GUIDE . One may find some objects/images in the [SRC....] and [EXE...] tree. Those in the [EXE..] tree have been recompiled; those in the [SRC...] tree have been fetched from other archives. To save space, one may delete some of the. The file LAST_MINUTE.BUGS in [TEXMF.MGR] describes some bugs found prior to the creation of the distribution. All these bugs and oddities will (hopefully) be fixed in the next release. Important: --------- Sites who fetched TeX from CTAN will have a basic TeX installation. These sites should read the whole TEX_ROOT:[MGR]VMS_TEX_MGR.GUIDE . They will need additonal files CTAN (for example Metafont sources). A complete file list is given by [MGR]FILES.LIST . Sites who got TeX from DECUS will have a complete installation if they installed TEX97_SRC.BCK and TEX97_DOC.BCK. Even if these save-sets have been restored, they will have a complete run-time version. Bug reports should be send to one of the addresses below. Ralf G"artner gaertner@decus.decus.de , (vms@dante.de)