To install TeX perform the following steps: 0) move to the root directory of the disk that shall hold TeX 1) if you got the CTAN archive (VMS_TEX95.ZIP) extract the archive with UNZIP 5.x and BACKUP the save-set; this will create the whole TeX tree under :[TEXMF...] 2) delete 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.