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TeXLive is an implementation of TeX for Linux or UNIX systems. TeX takes a text file and a set of formatting commands as input and creates a printable file as output. Usually, TeX is used in conjunction with a higher level formatting package like LaTeX or PlainTeX, since TeX by itself is not very user-friendly. Install texlive if you want to use the TeX text formatting system. Consider to install texlive-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX). The TeX documentation is located in the texlive-doc package.
texlive-afm provides afm2tfm, a converter for PostScript(TM) font metric files. PostScript fonts are accompanied by .afm font metric files which describe the characteristics of each font. To use PostScript fonts with TeX, TeX needs .tfm files that contain similar information. Afm2tfm will convert .afm files to .tfm files. If you are installing texlive in order to use the TeX text formatting system and PostScript files, you will need to install texlive-afm. You will also need to install texlive-dvips (for converting .dvi files to PostScript format for printing on PostScript printers), texlive-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX), and xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X). The TeX documentation is located in the texlive-doc package.
ConTeXt is a document preparation system based on TeX.
If you are installing texlive and need a documentation to describe styles or you are a TeX beginner and need tutorials, you may install this package to obtain applications allowing you to user-friendly browse documentation of the TeX formatting system.
Dvips converts .dvi files, for example those produced by the TeX text formatting system, to PostScript(TM) format. If you are installing texlive, so that you can use the TeX text formatting system without direct PDF compilation, consider to install texlive-dvips. In addition, you will need to install texlive-latex (a higher level formatting package which provides an easier-to-use interface for TeX), and xdvi (for previewing .dvi files in X).
East Asian support for TeXLive.