DOCUMENTATION TOOLS

TeX Live 

TeX Live is an easy way to get up and running with the TeX document production system. It provides a comprehensive TeX system with binaries for most flavours of Unix, including GNU/Linux, and also Windows. It includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts that are free software, including support for many languages around the world. [Tex Live Website – November 2013]

Available versions and module name 2013 (texlive-2013 or texlive)

Default version available 2013

Official Website http://www.tug.org/texlive/

Texinfo

Texinfo is the official documentation format of the GNU project. It was invented by Richard Stallman and Bob Chassell many years ago, loosely based on Brian Reid’s Scribe and other formatting languages of the time. It is used by many non-GNU projects as well.

Texinfo uses a single source file to produce output in a number of formats, both online and printed (dvi, html, info, pdf, xml, etc.). This means that instead of writing different documents for online information and another for a printed manual, you need write only one document. And when the work is revised, you need revise only that one document. The Texinfo system is well-integrated with GNU Emacs. [Tex InfoWebsite – November 2013]

Available versions and module name 2013 (texinfo-5.2 or texinfo)

Default version available 5.2

Official Website http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

If, for whatever reason, you would like to use the older versions of the compilers, or other available software, you can simply “unload” the current module and load the older version. See Software Module Information webpage.