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sudo apt-get install texlive would result in several installation errors. Mainly, etch is matched with old stable (texlive 2005 or something like that) version.

sudo apt-get install tetex-bin tetex-base tetex-doc tetex-extra will install tetex package. But, somehow it does not work atfter installation.
See [http]Using Latex Processor(http://moniwiki.kldp.net/wiki.php/LatexProcessor) in moniwiki.

Installing Texlive

See [http]Texlive page(http://www.tug.org/texlive/) for installing texlive.
See [http]Acuiring texlive(http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire.html), especially getting [http]install-tl-unx.tar.gz(http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008/install-tl-unx.tar.gz) tarball.

Unpack the tarball with
tar xvzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz under the unpacked directory.
cd to_the_unpacked_directory
sudo ./install-tl will give you installation option screen.
Then, take a look at the page, [http]Quickinstall.html(http://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html) at http://tug.org/texlive/.
Take care of the path as stated in the above document:

 
 PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2008/bin/i386-linux:$PATH 
  export PATH 
And use [http]Texlive site(http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/texlive-en.html#x1-50001.3) as a reference.

If everything went well, you may use:

  
$ \alpha + \beta $ 

for rendering the below.

$ \alpha + \beta $

references

[http]TeX guide(http://www.math.umn.edu/systems_guide/tex/) from Department of Mathematics at University of Minnesota.


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