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  <tmdoc-title|Installing and using a plug-in>

  From the user's point of view, a plug-in <verbatim|<em|myplugin>> will
  usually be distributed on some web-site as a binary tarball with the name

  <\verbatim>
    \ \ \ \ <em|myplugin>-<em|version>-<em|architecture>.tar.gz
  </verbatim>

  If you installed <TeXmacs> yourself in the directory
  <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH>, then you should unpack this tarball in the
  directory <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH/plugins>, using

  <\verbatim>
    \ \ \ \ tar -zxvf <em|myplugin>-<em|version>-<em|architecture>.tar.gz
  </verbatim>

  This will create a <verbatim|<em|myplugin>> subdirectory in
  <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH/plugins>. As soon as you restart <TeXmacs>, the
  plug-in should be automatically recognized. If not, then click on
  <menu|Tools|Update|Plugins> and relaunch <TeXmacs>. Please read the
  documentation which comes with your plug-in in order to learn using it.

  <\remark>
    If you did not install <TeXmacs> yourself, or if you do not have write
    access to <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH>, then you may also unpack the tarball
    in <verbatim|$TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/plugins>. Here we recall that
    <verbatim|$TEXMACS_HOME_PATH> defaults to <verbatim|$HOME/.TeXmacs>. When
    starting <TeXmacs>, your plug-in should again be automatically
    recognized.
  </remark>

  <\remark>
    If the plug-in is distributed as a source tarball like
    <verbatim|<em|myplugin>-<em|version>-src.tar.gz>, then you should first
    compile the source code before relaunching <TeXmacs>. Depending on the
    plug-in (read the instructions), this is usually done using

    <\verbatim>
      \ \ \ \ cd <em|myplugin>; make
    </verbatim>

    or

    <\verbatim>
      \ \ \ \ cd <em|myplugin>; ./configure; make
    </verbatim>
  </remark>

  <\remark>
    In order to upgrade a plug-in, just remove the old version in
    <verbatim|$TEXMACS_PATH/plugins> or <verbatim|$TEXMACS_HOME_PATH/plugins>
    using

    <\verbatim>
      \ \ \ \ rm -rf <em|myplugin>
    </verbatim>

    and reinstall as explained above.
  </remark>

  <tmdoc-copyright|1998\U2021|Joris van der Hoeven>

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  Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
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