این چینش بستههاش با ctan فرق داره و به سبک دبیانه. یعنی بستههای مرتبط با هم در قالب یک بسته ارايه میشن. مثلا در توضیح texlive-base نوشته:
These files are regarded as basic for any TeX system, covering plain TeX
macros, Computer Modern fonts, and configuration for common drivers; no
LaTeX.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
amsfonts -- TeX fonts from the American Mathematical Society.
bibtex -- Process bibliographies for LaTeX, etc.
cm -- Computer Modern fonts.
dvipdfm -- A DVI driver to produce PDF directly.
dvipdfmx -- An extended version of dvipdfm.
dvipdfmx-def --
dvips -- A DVI to PostScript driver.
enctex -- A TeX extension that translates input on its way into TeX.
etex -- An extended version of TeX, from the NTS project.
etex-pkg -- E-TeX support package.
glyphlist --
gsftopk -- Convert "ghostscript fonts" to PK files.
hyph-utf8 -- Hyphenation patterns expressed in UTF-8.
hyphen-base --
ifluatex -- Provides the \ifluatex switch.
ifxetex -- Am I running under XeTeX?
kpathsea -- Path searching library for TeX-related files.
lua-alt-getopt -- Process application arguments the same way as
getopt_long.
makeindex -- Process index output to produce typesettable code.
metafont -- A system for specifying fonts.
mflogo -- LaTeX support for MetaFont logo fonts.
mfware -- Supporting tools for use with Metafont.
misc --
pdftex -- A TeX extension for direct creation of PDF.
plain --
tetex -- scripts and files originally written for or included in teTeX
tex -- A sophisticated typesetting engine.
texconfig --
xdvi -- A DVI previewer for the X Window System.
texdoc -- Documentation access for TeX distributions.