CTAN
CTAN (Comprehensive TeX Archive Network) is an online collection of open source LaTeX-related files and software (including Beamer).[1] In other words, this network is a LaTeX-only GitHub.[2]
Location
[change | change source]CTAN is based in the United States,[3] United Kingdom[4] and Germany.[5] They also have several mirror sites (certified clones).[6] Mirror sites are needed in order to avoid access concentration. This effort helps the users to download files without fatal delay.
Similar projects
[change | change source]CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network) is the Perl version of CTAN.[7] In the field of statistics, CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network) is frequently used.[8][9]
References and remarks
[change | change source]- ↑ Greenwade, G. D. (1993). The comprehensive TEX archive network (CTAN). TUGboat, 14(3), 342-351.
- ↑ CTAN is a repository but it does not depend on Git.
- ↑ ctan
.org - ↑ www
.tex .ac .uk - ↑ www
.dante .de - ↑ mirror
.ctan .org - ↑ Tregar, S. (2002). Writing Perl Modules for CPAN. Apress.
- ↑ Verzani, J. (2018). Using R for introductory statistics. CRC Press.
- ↑ This is an archive network for R.