Summary

A skeleton of the TDS texmf directory tree:

  bibtex/           BibTeX input files
  . bib/            BibTeX databases of common interest
  . bst/            BibTeX style files
  bin/*/            binaries, by system type (optional)
  doc/              see Section 8, Documentation
  fonts/            font-related files
  . <type>/     file type (e.g., PK)
  . . <mode>/   type of output device (for PK and GF only)
  . . . <supplier>/   name of a font supplier (e.g., public)
  . . . . <typeface>/ name of a typeface (e.g., cm)
  . . . . . <dpi>/  font resolution (for PK and GF only)
  metafont/         METAFONT (non-font) input files
  . base/           base distribution (e.g., plain.mf)
  . misc/           single-file packages (e.g., modes.mf)
  . <package>/      name of a package (e.g., mfpic)
  metapost/         METAPOST input and support files
  . base/           base distribution (e.g., plain.mp)
  . misc/           single-file packages
  . <package>/      name of a package
  . support/        support files for METAPOST-related utilities
  <program>/        TeX applications, by name (e.g., makeindx and dvips)
  source/           program source code by name (e.g., web2c, latex)
  tex/              TeX input files
  . <format>/       name of a format (e.g., plain)
  . . base/         base distribution for format
  . . config/       configuration files for format (e.g., texsys.cfg).
  . . misc/         single-file packages
  . . <package>/    name of a package (e.g., graphics)
  . generic/        format-independent packages
  . . hyphen/         hyphenation patterns
  . . misc/         single-file format-independent packages (e.g. texnames.sty).
  . . <package>/    name of a package (e.g., babel)