How the *&^%$#!! do I make the bloody format files for UNIX TeX ?!?!?!

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From: Charles Roten
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 03:22

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This is the fifth time I have had to install UNIX TeX.  And, yet once again, 
I have to install the bloody format files without any documentation.  The 
problem is, I no longer have the luxury of unlimited time to jack around 
with undocumented, or hidden-documented aspects of TeX.  Right now, I have 
just finished messing with TeX for 4 hours and have not yet gotten the 
plain format file installed.  

Could some good person tell me how to do this ?  My patience has been reduced 
to zero.  Thanks in advance.  

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