A typical installation would be to untar the distribution in /usr/local/src. This will create a directory (/usr/local/src/htmx/) that contains several files: >> ls -aF ./ README ../ dvi2gif* .htmx_abb htmx* .htmxrc intro.htmx GreekAlphabet.htmx latex2gif* INSTALL One should make symbolic links or copy the executable files (htmx, dvi2gif and latex2gif) into a standard place (perhaps /usr/local/bin/), and edit the files as follows: All executables: Change '#!/usr/local/gnu/bin/perl' to point to wherever perl resides on your system. htmx: Change '$INSTALL_DIR = "/usr/local/src/htmx";' to wherever you actually installed the package. .htmxrc: Provide full paths to the various executables (if you are so inclined). If you aren't using LaTeX2e or don't have the amsart documentclass, modify the $latex_header string. Individual users may copy .htmx_abb and .htmxrc to their home directory and customize them. Test your installation by running "htmx intro.htmx" if the resulting file (intro.html) doesn't have embedded GIF images of equations, or is otherwise mangled, try running "htmx -t" which checks for some common installation problems.