{linux} is for questions related to TeX on GNU/Linux and other Unix-like systems.
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I can't find the format file xelatex.fmt
I am a newbie to TeX.
I want to use XeLaTeX for my CV, but when I try to compile with Texmaker. a get an error saying:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.2-0.9997.4 (TeX Live 2010)
restricted ...
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Where is TeXLive after i installed it via terminal ?
What i want
install LaTeX for Linux on Mint 14 OS
What i did
download LaTex from http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html
i installed this package: install-tl.zip
successfully installed ...
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1answer
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Convert TGA to PDF automatically
For my latex document, I have image files in tga format that I'd like to include. I want to convert them into pdf so latex can scale them without loose of precision.
By now, I just did this with ...
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2answers
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How to setup texliveonfly, on any LaTeX editor?
I'm a novice in the world of LaTeX, and I'm struggling to find a simple tutorial on how to to setup texliveonfly as part of TeX Live 2011 in any LaTeX editor.
Is there anyone out there who's got ...
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telling luaotfload where to look for fonts
The documentation of luaotfload states that on Linux fontconfig is used to find the font locations. However all fonts I install in /usr/share/local/fonts edit: /usr/local/share/fonts(as I don't want ...
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1answer
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Auto Package download for TeXLive
I use MiKTeX on Windows and quite satisfied with it. Recently I started switching all my tasks toward open-source alternatives, and in the course I would love to use Linux. But the problem is in Linux ...
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0answers
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Unable to set Times New Roman as the font type [closed]
I am unable to set the font as Times New Roman. I am using TeXWorks in Linux Mint. I am a beginner, so unable to figure this out. Help me.
This didn't work
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Times ...
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How to install texlive-fonts-recommended (from Debian/Ubuntu) into texlive2012 (from CTAN)?
while compiling my tex file, I am getting lots of this error --
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 0+540/600 --dpi 540 zplmr7v
mktexpk: don't know how to create bitmap font ...
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3answers
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How to move TeX Live to another partition (/data)
I'm a LyX user. Can I move all (or most) of the TeX related files/folders to another (Linux) partition (/data) and so reuse that partition for LyX-TeX after OS re-install, as well as share that TeX ...
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Problem with TexLive installation on Fedora 17
I just upgraded to Fedora 17 and tried to install TeX Live, as usually, by downloading the install script, install-tl from tug.org. When I run
./install-tl
I get this output:
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1answer
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Directory in the search path of LaTeX System
From the Acrotex installation manual:
"Placement. The ZIP file installs in a folder called acrotex, so place the ZIP file in a directory in the search path of your LATEX system where you want the ...
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1answer
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work on documents on Linux and Windows (umlaut, newline)
We work on a latex document with three persons using emacs on linux, emacs on windows and texniccenter on windows. We encountered problems with umlauts and linebreaks. I would like to know:
We ...
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1answer
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Problems with opentype options under XeTeX
I am new in the LaTeX world, so I don't understand everything about it, especially about the use of fonts.
I installed Linux Libertine font on my distribution (I use Gentoo, so I installed the ...
2
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2answers
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TeX live 2012 full installation on gentoo linux
What is the "gentoo-way" to install the latest full TeX live collection?
I know the tex live installer script to install the complete collection manually, but I would prefer to "emerge" a gentoo ...
2
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1answer
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latexmk separate build directory
I'm trying to use latexmk for the first time in Ubuntu. My project directory is the following:
Project
src
build
images
In the src directory are the .tex and .bib files. I want the .aux, .bbl, ...
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0answers
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Latex - Segoe font - font spec package
I am trying to create a presentation using latex (texmaker) - Beamer
I was wondering how to use segoe font in latex. I searched the forums like crazy to install the fontspec package but I had no ...
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1answer
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How to set up winefish to use LuaTex
I need to write a document that uses Calibri. The internet is telling me that I need to use something called "LuaTeX" to do this.
I use WineFish, which is a lightweight TeX editor, in ubuntu. ...
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Error during installation of TeXLive 2012 in Fedora [duplicate]
I am facing problems while trying to install TeXLive 2012 on fedora. I did the following-
Unzipped the package.
Navigated to the location of install-tl.
Typed in ./install-tl
I got the following ...
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Is there a specialized Pdf viewer for Latex-Beamer presentations on Linux?
Most of the time when presenting a talk people connect their laptop to a video projector. So they effectively have an extra screen at their disposal. Because of that many Software options for ...
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How to correct install PSCyr font in Linux?
How to correct install PSCyr font on Linux?
I try to install it in ~/.texmf-var but this doesn't help.
And into local tree: /usr/local/share/texmf - nothing.
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1answer
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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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3answers
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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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votes
1answer
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How to work with two encodings?
I'll try to explain my problem here. I know that there are many posts dealing with this but I'm still confused.
We have many files from different machines with different systems. The important is:
...
2
votes
1answer
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Definition of the TEXINPUTS variable
I am using TeX Live 2012/Debian on Linux Mint 14.
I am wondering what the right definition of the TEXINPUTS variable is.
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1answer
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Latex ignores blank space after capital letters
I am having a weird problem. When I compile my documents, Latex drops white spaces between words. This happens only after capitalized letters. For example,
R reports the standard OLS SE, instead of ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
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Something like ebooktex? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Use LaTeX to produce Epub
Can we generate an ebook in the free open standard EPUB or EPUB-3 directly from LaTeX?
I'm using Kile on a Linux system.
--
Please refer to:
...
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3answers
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Adobe Garamond and LaTeX (Linux)
I'm currently writing a math-heavy Ph.D. thesis (more about this in a minute) and, as I truly love Adobe Garamond, I would like to use it. However, given its cost, I would like to make sure that I ...
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1answer
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How to run TeX from the command line interface in Linux
Even though I can find this command hiding somewhere on the internet, I though it might be useful to have it up here for the LaTeX community in general.
How does one run TeX from the command line ...
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Grammar-checking tool for use with LaTeX?
I am looking for a grammar-checking tool, i.e., something that checks for mistakes such as "two dog" or "a books". It has to work on Linux (Ubuntu). Also, since that I use macros to generate some of ...
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Unable to compile file with pdflatex, possible pdftex.map error [closed]
I used to be able to compile the TeX file. Although I used to be able to compile it earlier using pdflatex, now it fails to compile.The log file is as below:
*****
***** PDFLaTeX output:
***** ...
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Moved from apt-get TexLive to full install. How do handle this error? [closed]
I've moved from the outdated OS install of TexLive to the custom install. Everything seems to have completed fine. A package called csvsimple requires xcolor loaded. I've tried installing via tlmgr ...
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1answer
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override system search path
I've installed texlive-2012 on my local user account (under linux), the system has the older version (texlive-2007) in which some packages are missing and I don't have root permission to install those ...
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1answer
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Why does pdflatex stall when called by NIS Users?
I ran into a very strange problem recently: I'm administrating Mandriva Linux in a networked setup where users authenticate via NIS. We noticed that pdflatex simply stalls with no error messages and ...
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1answer
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Issues when using inverse/forward search with vim and xdvi (linux)
I am using vim 7.3.35 with the vim-latexsuite on ubuntu. After googling around I managed to setup forward/inverse search with xdvi by adding the following to my .vimrc:
let g:Tex_CompileRule_dvi = ...
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Which PDF viewers for Linux support Beamer's second screen options? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Note page showing the next frame
Is there a specialized Pdf viewer for Latex-Beamer presentations on Linux?
I have tried evince and Adobe Reader on Linux, but neither ...
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4answers
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Displaying Linux commands in LaTeX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Syntax Coloring in LaTeX
Unix Command Highlighting latex
I am after some advice on how to display Linux terminal commands into LaTeX, so that they are indented and ...
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2answers
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Using TikZ on Linux (Lyx)?
I've recently upgraded to Linux, and without MikTeX I really have no idea how to manage my packages.
What should I do in order to use TikZ on Lyx in Linux?
Edit: oh yeah, I forgot: Linux is Ubuntu ...
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2answers
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How does LaTeX find package files?
On a fresh install of TeXlive on a Linux box (Linux Mint 11) I get the following error message:
! LaTeX Error: File `scalefnt.sty' not found.
But the file is there:
$ find /usr/ -name ...
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\includemedia won't play video
the code seems to be correct, with compilation no error appears.
The code is
\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{Singapore}
\usepackage{media9}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\begin{frame}\frametitle{Title}
...
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1answer
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Texmaker + Ubuntu 12.04
I want to setup latex environment on Ubuntu 12.04 64bit Machine. As I am making a backup system for Windows 7 machine.
I have installed the latest version of Texmaker 3.3.4.
Now I want to know which ...
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2answers
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Copying LaTeX packages from another machine
I use a linux, windows dual boot computer. I have a full installation of MiKTeX on Windows, and have installed texlive-basic packages on linux. Can I copy the TeX packages from MiKTeX onto linux? If ...
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votes
1answer
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Suppress latex output in scripts
I run a sequence of latex commands from a bash script. Since the latex output polutes the scripts own output I would like to suppress it. But sending the output to /dev/null will make the latex ...
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0answers
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PDFs made with TeXLive won't print from Ubuntu 12.10 from one particular computer [closed]
I'm having a strange problem with one of my two Ubuntu 12.10 installs. One system works perfectly for creating PDFs with Texmaker and printing the PDFs from Document Viewer to networked printers. The ...
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1answer
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Make LaTeX recognize local files in Dropbox under Linux
I have some local LaTeX files in Dropbox and have not been able to make LaTeX recognize them. It does find my local texmf folder, but that doesn't help me.
I am working under Fedora 17 and uname -r ...
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1answer
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Tranferring Texmaker settings from Windows to Linux
In principle, this could turn out to be a very stupid question. But, let me ask this right away: I am very happy with Windows that I am planning to shift to a Linux distribution later today. So, my ...
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3answers
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How to use Times Roman (Nimbus Roman) with fontspec under Linux and LuaLaTeX
Times Roman under Linux is usually Nimbus Roman. If I use the times package, Nimbus Roman will be embedded successfully, as a Type 1 font.
Now I want to use the fontspec package to load it. This a ...
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1answer
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How do I install an individual package on a Linux system?
I need to install a new TeX/LaTeX/ConTeXt package on my computer. I'm running Ubuntu/Fedora/Slackware/Some-Version-Of Linux. What are the possible ways to do this?
Note: We get a ...
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1answer
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Latex editor for Linux that allows multiple instances
I have always used Texmaker, but I'm at the point now where I am writing multiple documents at the same time (e.g., thesis and paper). Additionally, I like to have my work organized into different ...
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1answer
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problem with pk fonts with texlive in linux [closed]
I have installed TexLive 2012 on a Linux CentOS 5.8 via the user root. The installation has been placed at /usr/local/texlive/2012; but for some reason, some pk fonts were placed at ...
