3.3 LaTeX2HTML under Windows

All components required to run L^ATEX2HTML are now available for Microsoft Windows. In testing here in Charlottesville, the 2K.1beta version has been shown to work satisfactorily in Windows NT and Win2k environments with the MiKTeX TEX package described in Section 2.1.

To use L^ATEX2HTML on a PC, you must first install:

• A TEX implementation: I use MiKTeX Version 2.0, released in January 2001. This is available over the net as a free download , and a CD-ROM version is scheduled for release soon. MiKTeX 2.0 is also archived at Cvsnap1\SW\texutils\MiKTeX2.

• A recent Windows implementation of Ghostscript. The latest version at time of writing is 6.50; you need a distribution that includes the executable gswin32c.exe. Ghostscript 6.50 for Windows is archived at Cvsnap1\SW\texutils\Ghostscript.

• Perl, in a version later than 5.0. I use the freely available ActivePerl which is archived at Cvsnap1\SW\texutils\ActivePerl.

• netpbm for Windows. This was once supplied with MiKTeX as netpbm.zip but must now be obtained separately. A copy that provides all of the components needed by L^ATEX2HTML is available at Cvsnap1\SW\texutils\netpbm. I strongly suggest that you use that version if possible, as there are known compatibility problems with some other variants of netpbm for Windows.

• L^ATEX2HTML itself, also a free download from the net, or in its NRAO-enhanced variant at Cvsnap1\SW\texutils\latex2html-2K.1beta.

To reach the Cvsnap1 server, click on Network Neighborhood|Cvsnap1 from a PC in the NRAO NT domain.

A well-written document by Luis Seidel Gómez de Quero and Steve Mayer details how to install L^ATEX2HTML alongside MiKTeX from external sources (and also mentions some traps for the unwary/unlucky).

Appendix A gives detailed installation instructions for each package using the kit on Cvsnap.

The installed size of L^ATEX2HTML is about 5.5 Mbytes. Ghostscript 6.50 is about 18 Mbytes, netpbm about 5 Mbytes and ActivePerl about 25 Mbytes. The total disk space required for a complete L^ATEX2HTML and MiKTeX installation is thus about 140 Mbytes.

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