{installing} is for questions regarding the installation of (La)TeX or any editor or other tool related to (La)TeX.
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LaTeX Error: File `xunicode.sty' not found [closed]
I am running lualatex and getting following error message.
LaTeX Error: File `xunicode.sty' not found
How can i install it?
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What are the practical differences between installing LaTeX from MacTeX or MacPorts/Homebrew?
When I started using a unix based system it was very natural to install MacTeX, since the installation of it is more "windows-like", though the installation package is huge. Later I was introduced to ...
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Where can I find small2e.tex and sample2e.tex in the MacTex installation?
I cannot seem to find these files. I am trying to learn LaTeX again many years after I stopped using it on a regular basis, and wanted to start with these files as a reference.
I have searched with ...
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Problem with Miktex installation [duplicate]
my miktex distribution has started playing up! Everything compiled yesterday, but after an automatic update, it has started to do funny things. It doesn't seem to be able to find the amsmath package ...
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Install custom .cls using TeX Live in local directory
Background
I have a .cls file that I would like pdflatex to use. I have read the following
How to make LaTeX see local texmf tree
Per-project texmf directory
Create a local texmf tree in MiKTeX
How ...
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Problems with TexLive 2012 on Ubuntu after network installation
I totally purged TexLive from my system, and then I installed the latest version of TexLive from the internet installer as described here instead of via the Ubuntu package manager.
Next, I installed ...
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Problem installing subcaption package on texlive [closed]
I'm trying to install the subcaption package on TexLive installed on Ubuntu 11.10. When trying to build subcaption.sty, I found that I needed to first download or build several dependencies:
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texlive-20120701-bin install
I am new to texlive so pardon me if i miss mentioning more details. I started out with texlive-20120701-bin.tar download and i have extracted them on to a particular file system on my RedHat instance. ...
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How to install dsfont package?
Hi I tried to install the package by
tlmgr install dsfont
but I only get
tlmgr: package repository http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
package dsfont not present in package ...
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How do I tell kpsewhich where to find texmf.cnf in my default installation? [closed]
I have just removed all trace of my old TeXLive installation due to a different problem.
I have just reinstalled TeXLive using their own installer on linux (install-tl).
I have kept the installation ...
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Failure to install TexLive on Windows 8 [closed]
I am trying to install TexLive 2012 on Windows 8 64 bit with the following results.
Loading - See URL below
Installing TeX Live 2012 from: See URL below
Platform: win32 => 'Windows'
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How to install TikZ? [closed]
Sorry, this question must be utterly stupid, but I am unable to run a TikZ figure script.
I have put \usepackage{tikz} in the preamble. But, it gets stuck after the first line in the document:
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Installing MikTex 2.9: “Failed for some reason” - related to initexmf.exe (again) [closed]
When trying to reinstall MikTex 2.9 "from scratch", I eventually get the following error:
The operation could not be completed for the following reason:
The operation failed for some reason.
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How do I query pdflatex for its package search path as well as modify it?
I am trying to install a local package draftwatermark to override an out-of-date version of the package, by applying the answer in How to have local package override default package .
I have placed ...
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Installing packages for linux on texworks
I am fairly new to ubuntu and I just installed TexWorks. Everything works fine but can someone give me step by step to install packages. With Windows I used the MikTex package manager but I am lost on ...
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Which Linux distributions support recent TeX Live with package manager?
I am currently having massive issues getting TeX Live to run on Ubuntu 12.04, so I am considering running a VM on VirtualBox with another Linux distribution that has better support for the latest TeX ...
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How to remove everything related to TeX Live for fresh install on Ubuntu?
How can I remove everything that is related to TeX Live from my Ubuntu 12.04? I first used the backport packages from ppa:texlive-backports/ppa and later the manual install via install-tl-unx.tar.gz. ...
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How to install a font in Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Manual font installation
I'm using MiKTeX 2.9 with TeXworks 0.4.3 and have to use a specific font(Frutiger) provided by my university.
The entire Latex template is ...
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Error: TexStudio “Could not start command”
I just installed TeXstudio 2.5.2 and compiled the following
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\end{document}
but I get this error
Error: Could not start the command: "/usr/texbin/pdflatex" ...
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Gentoo xelatex font installation
I have attempted to install a new font (source-sans-pro) onto my gentoo server, however when I run xelatex test.tex the PDF file it generates uses the font but does not give the expected output - i.e. ...
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Debugging TikZ and PGFPlots compatibility issue
I just tried to compile an old TikZ code (which as far as I recall compiled perfectly in the past and was not changed in the meanwhile) and I faced some serious compilation issues related to TikZ.
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How do I install ConTeXt alongside MikTeX
I would like to give ConTeXt a shot. It is likely just me, but I am finding the installation guide on the wiki a little confusing, e.g.
Do I need Ruby or not? Does that depend on the installer, ...
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Install texlive
I am trying to install texlive in order to recover files swept away in the process of installing another latex software package.
The basic problem is that I want to run tlmgr to recover lost ...
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How to install titlesec? [duplicate]
I see all the files in titlesec here at ctan:
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/titlesec/
I also see a titlesec folder in my texmf-texlive tree.
Apparently what happened is that ...
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Font installation working on Win/miktex but not Ubuntu/texlive [closed]
after researching and trying out many tipps here from online ressources (spending two days) I am about to give up - but still hope that maybe you might have some good idea.
The task: I want to ...
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Missing texmf.cnf
I installed TeXLive 2012 for Windows yesterday (replacing a 2003 version I had), and there is no texmf.cnf file. (The error message I get when I try anything, such as running pdflatex or updating ...
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fancyhdr package not found
I'm trying to use the fancyhdr package for headers and footnotes for my LaTeX report, but when I compile TeX returns an error saying that fancyhdr.sty file can't be found.
Any suggestion on how to ...
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Why won't tikz work? [closed]
I've been trying to use the tikz package but it won't work. I'm using TeXworks and when I try something basic like:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
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Installing LaTeX Packages. Can do via Package manager? [closed]
I am looking to install some LaTeX packages which are not on the default MikTeX distribution. I have accessed the Package Manager and right clicked on the package I wish to download in order to ...
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Installing packages (that don't include a .sty file) with BSD
I've recently switched to DragonFlyBSD on my laptop, and I've been having trouble getting LaTeX to function properly. I've installed teTeX and can compile simple .tex files fine, but I cannot find a ...
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I want to setup Kile correctly [closed]
After installing Ubuntu 12.04 I was trying to install Kile as to write .tex file . But this message showing after attempting install Kile and updates:
W:Failed to fetch
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Manual font installation
Frequently there are questions about, how to manually install a font, what very often means “Type1 font”. So I thought, we should write a general answer about the several aspects to regard.
Beside ...
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How do I install two fonts into a document?
I want to install two fonts tgchorus and fouriernc into a document. The font tgchorus for content of chapters, section, subsection and fouriernc for remain. I don't know to install. How must I do?
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How do I invoke cm-super?
I have installed cm-super from the command line in Ubuntu.
I can see the .pfb files in usr/share/texmf/fonts/type1/public/cm-super.
I am still not sure how to invoke them in LaTeX.
This page:
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LaTeX Download for Windows [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install TeX/LaTeX on Windows 7
I am looking for a full LaTeX download for use on Windows. I have looked on google, however there seems to be a lot of options, ...
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How to install fonts from the LaTeX font catalogue?
How can I install both fonts in the page http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/garamondx/ to work together? My attempt so far was installing both as OpenType system fonts and using XeLaTeX with no success. ...
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Where is amsfont.sty and how do I install it for MiKTeX? [closed]
I am trying to use \mathbb. It seems that this command requires \usepackage{amsfont}. But as soon as I use this package, my MikTeX 2.9 installation complains that it doesn't find amsfont.sty. So ...
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How to expand source files when installing packages using MiKTeX
When installing packages using the MiKTeX Package Manager, there is usually a file placed in texmf\source whose name ends in -src.tar.bz2 (or sometimes -src.cab). These compressed files generally ...
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How to install TeX on android phones?
I used VerbTeX app in my android phone. But this app do not support XeLaTeX. Also I need internet connection for using of that.
Is there any distribution of TeX for android?
How I can install TeX on ...
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Installing pgfplots package on Mac OS Lion [closed]
I was wondering if I can get help on installation of pgfplots package on Mac OS Lion for LaTeX. I have downloaded a zip file from pgfplots download link but don't really know how to install it. I also ...
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Fedora manual installation and dependencies
Following answers on this website (like: How to use TeX Live on Fedora 17? and Manually installed TexLive on Fedora 16 )
I installed texlive manually on fedora and it works flawlessly.
The problem I ...
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Installing subfig package on MikTex 2.9 [closed]
I'm new to latex and trying to install the subfig package from ctan as I can't use the MikTex package manager from where I'm working. I'm using MikTex 2.9 (with WinEdt). I've 'run' latex on the dtx ...
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Failure in installing MacTeX
I've used LaTeX many times on Unix and MS Windows, but am sitting at a Mac (OS X 10.6.8) at the moment and need to latex something. So I tried installing MacTeX 2012. After the installation program ...
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How to install TexLive 2012 in an unofficial distro based on ubuntu 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to install “vanilla” TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?
I'm want to install an unofficial distro based on ubuntu 12.04, for old PC's
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Can't install MacTeX error on validating packages [closed]
I am trying to install MacTex that i downloaded from http://www.tug.org/mactex/ but when i am installing it gets a error message "The installation failed" i don't know what to do.
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How do I locate or generate a log file when I get the error “Log file not found” in TexStudio? [closed]
I am trying to use the pedigree-making package from http://www.pedigree.varphi.com/download.html . I have downloaded the zipped file, and have opened the .ins file [pst-pdgr.ins] in TeXStudio. When I ...
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How to upgrade 'biblatex' properly?
I use TeXLive 2012 under Ubuntu 12.10. I would like to upgrade biblatex to the
latest version (2.3). I tried the following:
download and unpack .tar.gz from
https://github.com/plk/biblatex/downloads
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Font installation woes - TeXShop on a Mac
Have read (carefully, I hope) the earlier question Font installation in TeXShop on a Mac looked to be exactly what I needed. Also looked at http://www.tug.org/fonts/fontinstall.html#fndb
Am trying to ...
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New installation – Texmaker Quick Build says: “Could not start the command”
I just downloaded and installed Texmaker. I've never used any (La)TeX before.
When I click the Run button with an arrow next to "Quick build" I get an error saying "Could not start the command". Why? ...
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How can I use Source Sans Pro in Tex-Live 2012?
I use TeX Live 2012 on an updated Ubuntu 12.10 machine with Latexila. I intended using Adobe's open source font Source Sans Pro in my latest paper.
I followed the instruction on the LaTeX Font ...
