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CTAN

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ↑ Greenwade, G. D. (1993). The comprehensive TEX archive network (CTAN). TUGboat, 14(3), 342-351.
  2. ↑ CTAN is a repository but it does not depend on Git.
  3. ↑ ctan.org
  4. ↑ www.tex.ac.uk
  5. ↑ www.dante.de
  6. ↑ mirror.ctan.org
  7. ↑ Tregar, S. (2002). Writing Perl Modules for CPAN. Apress.
  8. ↑ Verzani, J. (2018). Using R for introductory statistics. CRC Press.
  9. ↑ This is an archive network for R.

Other websites

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