General ⇒ Is LaTeX automatically installed with TeX

[jaymax]

Newbie:
I have installed a TeX package from CTAN

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[b]Tex -v[/b]

TeX 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2023)
kpathsea version 6.3.5
Copyright 2023 D.E. Knuth.

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[b]Texdoc -V[/b]

Texdoc 4.0.1 (2023-02-27

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[b]latex -v[/b]

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pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023)
kpathsea version 6.3.5
Copyright

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Primary author of pdfTeX: Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al.
Compiled with libpng 1.6.39; using libpng 1.6.39
Compiled with zlib 1.2.13; using zlib 1.2.13
Compiled with xpdf version 4.04

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Several LaTex cmd seems to be unavailable
including the LaTex logo from

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\LaTEX

Please advise - Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hello Jaymax,

welcome to the forum!

I have installed a TeX package from CTAN

How did you do this? I install TeX using a TeX distribution such as TeX Live, MiKTeX, or Linux OS repositories, and LaTeX is included. I use CTAN for specific packages and updates.

Stefan

[jaymax]

Hi Stefan,
Probably just an assumption then.
Attached is the README and a html file from the distro that may cast some light on the topic. Original HTML file "LaTeX file info" converted to pdf forma

[jaymax]

The base installation is TeX Live [2023]
As mentioned earlier
C:\>Latex -version
pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023)
kpathsea version 6.3.5
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Primary author of pdfTeX: Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al.
Compiled with libpng 1.6.39; using libpng 1.6.39
Compiled with zlib 1.2.13; using zlib 1.2.13
Compiled with xpdf version 4.04
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Is LaTeX and pdfTeX the same?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Is LaTeX and pdfTeX the same?

pdfTeX is the engine, or compiler, and LaTeX is the format, simply said more macros.

pdfTeX would be run with the LaTeX format; that's then called pdfLaTeX.

In your editor, make sure you choose pdfLaTeX as the compiler or run pdflatex at the command line.

Stefan