TeX Live is a widely used TeX distribution available for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
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Getting Gregorio to work on Windows 7
I need help trying to get Gregorio working on Windows 7 x64. I've installed TeX Live 2012 and Gregorio, and have configured TeXworks. When I try to compile a tex file, it tells me that it can't find ...
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Font: Is British Baskerville typeface available in TeXLive 2010
I would like to know if the British Baskerville typeface is available in TeXLive2010 (i.e. freely). If yes, which package to load?
Thanks...
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On Ubuntu 10.10 with texlive-full installed, xelatex is rotating my figures 90 degrees counterclockwise
I am using the latest ubuntu with the texlive-full package. When I do a simple \includegraphics like this:
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\rotatebox{-90}{\includegraphics[width=8cm]{problem1}}
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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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tlmgr error: perl.exe has stopped working
I have been using TeX Live 2010 on my Windows 7 computer for some time now, without problems. Recently I decided to use the TeX Live Manager to check for updates, which were successfully installed. ...
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New language - hyphenation
I'm working in a project (Ubuntu Manual, if you're curious) which requires TeX to create a PDF document. But when we have almost all translated, I've found that there wasn't an hyphenation pattern for ...
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What Linux operating system contains patgen for hyphenation?
This question follows previous one. In TexLive, patgen command prompts error of "No such file or directory". I found at About.com that Linux contains patgen. I have Linux Red Hat 9.0 in my system. Can ...
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How to use translate_file correctly in patgen of TexLive?
This question follows previous one about use of patgen.
I installed TeX Live 2011 (thanks Martin) and find patgen (version 2.4) command.
According to manual, command is:
patgen dictionary_file ...
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Cross-platform package manager for packages *not* on CTAN [closed]
I do not want to reinvent the wheel, so perhaps you could help me find a tool that fits my needs.
Background
As far as I know, it takes some time to get a LaTeX package available on CTAN. And some ...
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What does “skipping forcibly removed package xxx” mean? Should I care about it?
I got the following messages when updating TeX Live 2012 using the provided GUI.
What does "skipping forcibly removed package xxx" mean? Should I care about it?
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Error in english.cfg
I have the following error:
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/babel.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/babel/english.ldf
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Converted EPS not found with TeX Live 2012 and Windows 8
I use TeX Live 2012 on Windows 8 and would like to use an EPS image. I usually use PNG, but in this case PNG is too pixelated.
I found that epstopdf is the preferred solution and that TeX Live ...
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Stuck with XeLaTeX fonts on Mountain Lion [closed]
I've been exploring XeLaTeX recently because I was interested in the, apparently, smoother font handling than offered by LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. However, I have yet to get a test document to compile even ...
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How to install the latest version of microtype (v. 2.5) in Linux (Ubuntu)?
How to install the latest version of microtype (v. 2.5) in Linux (Ubuntu) ?
(also, is v. 2.5 still in beta?)
Edit
I'm using this ppa https://launchpad.net/~texlive-backports/+archive/ppa/ which ...
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Problem with installing TeX Live under Windows 8
I am new to LaTeX and wanted to install the required "programs". But when I came to installing TeX Live, there seemed to be a problem:
Can't spawn "cmd.exe": No such file or directory at (directory)
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compiling pdflatex from the terminal in vim [closed]
A file I can compile in Texmaker won't compile after editing in Vim. I am giving the error hw9problem1xplot can't be found. This is from an includegraphics command. However, the pdf image file is ...
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Texlive and Gregorio Manual Font Installation
Here I am again trying to get Gregorio working. I discovered that the Gregorio installation failed to install its fonts, so I am trying to install them manually.
When I run Gregorio, I get this ...
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installing texlive to work with texmaker [closed]
So I have followed the instructions on installing texlive from the thread How to install "vanilla" Texlive on Debian or Ubuntu but that didn't work so I started the thread installing vanilla texlive ...
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How to install Gregorio package on Ubuntu with TeXLive installed?
Does anyone here have experience installing the gregorio packages to work in Ubuntu using the non-repo TeXLive?
Gregorio isn't packaged on CTAN as far as I could tell, and I don't know enough to be ...
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Fresh install texlive 2012 @ Ubuntu 12.04: tlmgr nowhere to be found
I know this subject has come up quite a few times so far (with different distro's of texlive). See for instance:
Missing tlmgr texlive 2012
tlmgr: TeX Live 2011 is frozen forever
Texlive installation ...
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installing vanilla texlive [closed]
I followed the instructions in "How to install "vanilla" TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?" but when I do
sudo dpkg -i texlive-local_2012-1_all.deb
it doesn't work. How can I complete the ...
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TeX Live can't find “tcfmgr.map” and “fmtutil.cnf”
I ran into some problems with TeX and re-installed TeX Live.
(I'm using Fedora 16 x86_64)
Now, when I try to run pdflatex, it says:
tcfmgr: config file `tcfmgr.map' (usually in $TEXMFMAIN/texconfig) ...
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texlive2012 on Ubuntu with KILE
Where can I find the res.cls (resume class) for texlive? Also, the curriculum vitae class?
I wrote my resume in the resume class on TC with Miktex but now I can't compile it since I don't have the ...
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Converting MS Word .doc to LaTeX by command line
There are many guides to convert .doc to .tex with text editor softwares (mostly under Windows); and this popularity has made it hard to search for command-based converting methods.
I am looking for ...
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gnuplot, ubuntu 12.10, kile, texlive2012 [closed]
How can I download and install gnuplot for ubuntu 12.10? I can't find it on the software center or in repositories. Maybe I am not calling it right.
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Artifacts in TikZ picture when using scale option [closed]
When compiling the example code below with pdflatex Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/W32TeX), I observe an artifact (horizontal line starting from the start point of the objects) in the ...
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Using the erdc package on Mac OS X
I have the MacTeX-2012 Distribution installed on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. Opening TeX Live Update, I see that the erdc package is installed. However, as stated erdc.pdf, ...
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smartdiagram 0.2 / xparse / Kubuntu
I have a package dependency problem on Kubuntu 12.10. I have installed Texlive2012 from the known ppa.
The brandnew "smartdiagram 0.2" package has a dependency for xparse. This package does not exist ...
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How to install “vanilla” TeXLive on Debian or Ubuntu?
Debian and Ubuntu have very good texlive packaging. But I'd like to use tlmgr to have a more fine-grained control about upgrades and which packages I want to be installed. So how do I install ...
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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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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 ...
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Installing Lucida Bright font for use with TeXLive (Windows 7) [duplicate]
I've purchased Lucida bright from the TeX User Group (TUG) back in 2007.
The link provided in the email I received back then still works, it downloads lucida-basic.zip.
I also have installed a ...
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What are the advantages of TeX Live over MiKTeX?
I have been using MiKTeX for a couple of years. I don't know whether it is "wise" to insist on using it. Could you give me a list of advantages of TeX Live over MiKTeX?
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reducing size of texlive 2010 iso file [closed]
I am interested in reducing the size of texlive 2010.iso to about 400MB so that it can be included in a live CD. I tried removing all non-English documents, and all non -i386-linux-files, files ...
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A package (installed according to TeX Live Utility) doesn't run [duplicate]
This is an example :
I've found here (What package allows Elvish in TeX?) that there existed a package called tengwarscript. I want to use it and when I used TeX Live Utility in order to download it, ...
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letter document class and babel/magyar not compatible any more?
I am recently having trouble with combining the letter document class with the magyar language option of the babel package. The weird thing is that the last time when I had to use this combination ...
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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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Install IDE without installing TexLive 2007 [duplicate]
I've been trying so hard to make TexLive work on my Fedora, but I can't find a way. I've installed TeXLive 2012, but when I install Kile, it says it depends texlive2007, the old version. Then I tried ...
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What's the least dangerous way to upgrade revtex and natbib on Ubuntu?
The version of revtex4-1 that ships with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is buggy. The latest version of revtex requires the latest version of natbib, newer than what comes with Ubuntu. What's the correct way to ...
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Installing longtable package on mac [closed]
I'm trying to install the longtable package on my Mac (OSX 10.7.5).
I have the TeXLive-2012 distribution (from http://www.tug.org/mactex/).
In the TeX Live Utility, I can't see the longtable ...
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How to install custom sty files where the LaTeX compiler can find them?
I created a custom beamer style. For this I have several .sty files. I am able to install this custom theme on my Ubuntu 12.04 with the standard tex-live provided distribution by putting it my home as ...
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How to use arara with TeXworks
I'm trying to use arara with TeXworks in Ubuntu 12.10 (TeX Live 2012). I've been searching all over the web but couldn't get it working.
First: I'm not sure how to correctly implement arara: Should ...
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Is it possible to download TeX Live in a separate, single file?
Installation through the internet is so harsh...
For example, is there a torrent for TeX Live?
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How to use Ubuntu font with TeXLive 2012?
I really like the Ubuntu sans font, I want it be the section and title font as a replacement of Linux-Biolinum?
With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS + Texlive 2012, how to figure this out?
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MacTex 2012Basic cannot find installed packages
In an attempt to save valuable space on a 128GB SSD drive, I endeavored to replace my full 2012 MacTex texlive install (>3.5GB) with 2012Basic (270MB!). I understand that packages are not installed ...
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How to configure the dictionary-path for TeXworks @ TeX Live portable?
I want to use spell-checking with TeXworks under TeXlive (portable) under Windows XP.
Is it possible to use the dictionaries of Mozilla, e.g. en-GB.aff
and en-GB.dic?
Where do I place the ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
