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{ctan} is an acronym for the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.

CTAN is an acronym for the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.

It is the authoritative place where TeX related material and software can be found for download. Repositories for other projects, such as the MiKTeX distribution of TeX, constantly mirror most of CTAN.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How can I add a CTAN package to a MacPorts installation?
  2. Can I install fonts from CTAN using the TeXLive utility?
  3. What happened to CTAN? (Apr. 1, 2016)
  4. Can I download CTAN packages from the command line on Ubuntu?
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remove package from CTAN

I have a package on CTAN that was created as a demo and is not usefull anymore since other packages have a much better functionality. I do not want to support this package and therefore want to remove it from CTAN. What is the process to remove a…
Matthias Pospiech
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Why do CTAN announcements no longer show at comp.text.tex?

For years or decades even, CTAN announcements of any package update/changes is send to comp.text.tex all the time. On Feb 17, 2022 they suddenly stopped. If you go to https://groups.google.com/g/comp.text.tex, and then click on the second page, you…
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CTAN : raw datas for user

I would like to add in my long CV (not my short CV) the list of package I maintain in CTAN. Is there somewhere a file where I could make a request, to: obtain the list of package I am associated have some information for each package : maintenance…
Maïeul
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Robin Fairbairns died on 25 February

Here is some sad news, communicated to the members of UK TUG by Joseph Wright. I am sad to say that Robin Fairbairns, former UK-TUG Chair and long-standing CTAN node maintainer, died late last month. Robin was well-known to many of us, either in…
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CTAN mirror size

What is the current (2017) approximate (+/- 50Gb is adequate precision) size of the CTAN mirror ? I cannot find this information online, the only way to calculate it myself seems to rsync, but this is exactly what I want to know before committing to…
Konstantin Belousov
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After uploading to ctan, how to access the newly uploaded package as quickly as possible

Scene: After I upload a package, I will receive an email with the following prompt: Thanks for the upload. I've installed the new version and updated the catalog repository. The changes should become available on the mirrors within the next 24…
Clara
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How to cite CTAN itself?

I'm writing about how Comprehensive Archive Networks with strong standards make languages more powerful and robust in a certain document to an audience that is unaware of them. I'd like to give an authoritative citation for CTAN (as well as CPAN and…
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Patching really old CTAN packages

Related to the stackexchange question here. I don't have enough reputation to comment on that question. Is there some sort of official way to submit patches for really old CTAN packages? Is LaTex programming much like any other programming in terms…
user152148
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Automatically find fastest CTAN mirror

Back when I used linux there was a program that would find you the fastest Debian package repository based on your location. Is there a similar one for CTAN? I've been manually picking ones that I think are physically close to me and basing it on…
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What is this "Comprehensive LaTeX Artifact Novelty" thing?

Today, looking for a package on the CTAN, this window popped up: Is this for real? Or is it something else?
Alessandro Cuttin
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Problems with the CTAN website - while the "Default Skin" is in use, other skins can't be selected to be applied

Usually I use the Chromium web browser. The last time I visited https://ctan.org, everything was displayed in the Halloween theme. Since this irritated me (among other things due to my visual impairment), to get rid of that Halloween design, under…
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Is there an overview/list of CTAN mirrors which support zsync?

Starting from http://tug.org/texlive/acquire-mirror.html I tried to gather information about support or at least (eventually dropped, but at least discussed) plans for it, but also $SEARCH_ENGINE doesn't give any usable results (finds some .zsync…
Kalle Richter
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CTAN - All tags allowed

I have received the following clear message, but would like some advice on the process of uploading a package to CTAN. ... Response from CTAN: [["WARNING","License not found","GPLv3"], ["WARNING","Topic not found","doc"], ["WARNING","Topic not…
projetmbc
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