TeX Live is a widely used TeX distribution available for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
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Manually copy older TeXLive2011 from one Mac to a new Mac
From an earlier question of mine, it was determined that one can not obtain the latest version of older releases (ex. TeXLive2010, TeXLive2011). I am upgrading my Mac and would like to know the ...
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gentium as font with pdflatex from texlive 2012 [closed]
How can Gentium be used as default font with pdflatex from TeX Live 2012? Somehow Gentium is included in TeX Live but cannot be accessed with \usepackage{gentium}, see What font packages are installed ...
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phvr7t cannot be found despite having installed psnfss
I wish to use the Helvetica package. I installed the psnfss package with tlmgr (and in a fit of desperation other font-related packages, such as times and ae). However, I still do not have any phvr7t ...
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Problem with lettergothic package in LaTeX/TeXLive [closed]
I'm trying to use the lettergothic package in LaTeX for the Letter Gothic monospaced font. According to the LaTeX Font Catalog, it would be simple to use it with
\usepackage[scaled]{ulgothic}
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latex gives me the error: Ouch---my internal constants have been clobbered
As the title states, compiling with latex produces the error, right away:
Ouch---my internal constants have been clobbered!---case 14
I have no idea what this means... I use TexLive 2012. I updated ...
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TeX Live — problem with install [Ubuntu, bash]; new packages
I don't know how to install new packages. I've tried to install texLive [I have installed sudo apt-get install texlive-full -- which went correct, but I can not install Tex Live], but after install ...
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LaTeX minimal installation in Linux (Ubuntu apt-get)
I am running LaTeX on a Linux VM. I am running a Xubuntu and have very little space to use. I managed to install some of the latex packages without documentation.
Currently I am missing fullpage ...
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LaTeX Error: File `knitting.sty' not found - cannot get knitting package to run
I am using LaTeX to typeset instructions for a knitting pattern that I designed.
Additionally, I would like to include a knitting chart to visualize the motif.
I found the knitting package on CTAN ...
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Gummi Not Using TexLive 2012
I use Gummi was LaTeX document editing.
I recently installed TeX Live 2012 as per instructions here.
Also I previously had TeX Live installed from Ubuntu Software Center which I uninstalled.
Now, ...
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Where is TeXfont in TeX Live 2012?
All of the font installation instructions in the ConTeXt Wiki say to use TeXfont.
To my great despair, I can't seem to access TeXfontin my TeX Live installation on Windows. Given that I've installed ...
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How to download MacTeX 2011 now that MacTex 2012 is available
Is there a way to download the older MacTeX-2011? I am transitioning to a new mac and would prefer to have both MacTeX2011 and the 2012 version available. I thought I was in luck when I found the the ...
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Different package manager: Why? [closed]
I was wondering why do we need different package managers in TeXLive and MiKTex?
Would it not be better and less work for both authors if there was a common approach and even other persons taking ...
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How to get a package into texlive
Say I have written an awesome package called "worldpeace.sty" and uploaded it to CTAN. What can I do to get the package in to texlive?
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Memory settings with MacTeX 2012
Until now I had TeXLive 2011 installed and could successfully modify my memory settings using this solution with the TextWrangler approach to the question Memory settings with MacTeX - Which texmf.cnf ...
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Problem With updmap-sys
I ran the TeX Live 2012 update this morning on my 64-bit Kubuntu 12.04 linux system (tlmgr update --all) and received the following error:
tlmgr: package log updated at ...
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Migrating from Debian texlive to vanilla
I had been using the native Debian texlive on Mint Linux for a time, with Texmaker.
Now I installed the "vanilla" texlive, in order to have a better package control with tlmgr. However, I believe I ...
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Error in siunitx with TeXlive 2012? 'missing $' with inter-unit-product option
With the latest TeXlive update to the 2012 version, for some reason I am getting missing $ inserted messages, when using the inter-unit-product option for \si.
For example, this is taken directly ...
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Updating tlmgr 2011 to 2012
When I run
# tlmgr update --self
This is the reply I get:
tlmgr: package repository ftp://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet
/usr/local/texlive/2011/bin/x86_64-linux/tlmgr: The ...
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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 ...
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How to include graphics from parent directory using \graphicspath?
To include graphics from parent directory I am using
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{../pop/}{../graph/}}
This works fine for MiKTeX but seems to fail for TeX live installed on the same ...
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Problem compiling with TeXLive
I am a Ubuntu user, and recently I had a problem with my upgrade from an older version of Ubuntu to a newer one, so I had to wipe everything out and start back from scratch. Unfortunately, that ...
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Kile and texlive 2012
Since I was not happy about the choice of texlive 2009 from Ubuntu repositories, I installed texlive 2012 manually from the website.
Secondly, I like Kile to write, but when I try to install it, it ...
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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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texlive-latex-extra and koma-moderncvclassic [closed]
I installed the ubuntu package texlive-latex-extra which contains a latex package "koma-moderncvclassic".
However, if I compile a document
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
...
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TexLive 2011 dviout bug/problem! [OS: Win 7 64bit, editor: Winedt 7] [closed]
Yesterday I decided to install TexLive 2011... but when I compile my latex documents in dvi, the dvi viewer (dviout) hangs, and I have to force the exit of the program. The dvi file is sucessfully ...
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Weird problem with pgfsys-xetex.def and fadings (xelatex) [closed]
[...]
Your graphic driver pgfsys-xetex.def does not support fadings
[...]
That's what the following MWE returns:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usecolortheme{rose}
\usecolortheme{seahorse}
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TeX Live 2012 - what should be known about it?
TeX Live 2012 release is near, so I think it is possibly a good time to sum it a bit, like it was done before with 2011. Feel free to add anything relevant in this community wiki.
What should we know ...
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If tug.org is down, where can I download TexLive?
If tug.org is down, where can I download/update TeX-Live?
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TeX Live 2011 vs Ubuntu TeX Live
Is it worth the effort to manually install TeX Live 2011 on Ubuntu?
Has so much changed since 2009?
I am a new Ubuntu user coming from windows and have very limited
knowledge of Linux environment. I ...
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Manually installing a font map in TEXMFHOME - updmap can't find the map-file
I am trying to install newtx from CTAN for my user only. At first, I tried to follow the README which is available there.
First of, I am using TeXlive 2011 on Archlinux. I have also checked if all my ...
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Hebrew TeXLive on Ubuntu 12.04 missing fonts
The installation is TeXLive on Ubuntu 12.04.
I've been using a variety of source files, some of them extremely simple. I can post if necessary, but thought it might be irrelevant given the seeming ...
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Suftesi font in book class
How can i have the series of font of suftesi in a normal book class of LaTeX ?
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How to set up Okular for forward/backward search with TeX Live 2011? (not trivial anymore)
I am working with Xbuntu 12.04 on a MacBook Air 4,1. I have Okular version 0.14.3 and TeX Live 2011 installed.
I used to have perfect forward (from .tex to .pdf) and backward (from .pdf to .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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Aquamacs vs. Texlive/Texshop [closed]
I am using at present TeXshop under Mac OS 10.7; when recently installing Aquamacs, it turns out that it does not find the TeX installation (Texlive 2011). I tried to set the search path for Aquamacs ...
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How to use TeX Live on Fedora 17?
On Fedora 17 I have at least 3 ways to use TeX Live:
Install it from the default repository (TeX Live 2007, very old)
Add a work-in-progress developer repository - is it stable enough? In the past ...
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What font packages are installed in TeX live?
What font packages are installed in a full installation of TeX live? Which are obsolete? Example: \usepackage{mathpazo} brings Palatino as the roman font. The times package seems to be obsolete (as ...
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texlive shell escape problems with psfrag
I work with some scripts that automatically convert the fonts in a plot using psfrag and pstool to another font.
However these fail if I use texlive. They work with Miktex.
Since I get requests from ...
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Bug with texdef (currfile) in frozen TexLive 2011
To keep in line with the Q&A format:
I am on Ubuntu Lucid, with the frozen TexLive 2011, from where I installed texdef. Unfortunately, when I ran one of the examples from the help (and I ...
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Memory limit reached - Precompile .tikz plots - How to output pdf with papersize near to image [closed]
Okay, well I have a problem my .tex file has reached the memory limit. Now I tried to change the memory limit /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf however that does not work. It keeps saying pdflatex> ...
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texlive 2011 / ubuntu 12.04 and TeX Live Backports PPA [closed]
I've installed Texlive 2011 in Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bits) following this tuto :
http://starlinq.livejournal.com/2542.html
I've changed the PATH and so on in the ~/.profil file.
But after that, I've ...
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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 install package `tabu`? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where do I place my own .sty files, to make them available to all my .tex files?
I want to include style sheet tabu.sty when compile. Currently, the following error will ...
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tlmgr: TeX Live 2011 is frozen forever
I recently installed TeX Live 2011 (basic) and ran tlmgr command. The output said No command 'tlmgr' found, did you mean..... As a remedy I exported the directory where tlmgr is located to $PATH ...
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TexLive 2011 does not allow custom installation
I am trying to install TexLive 2011 according to instructions posted on its website here: http://tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html
I used command sudo ./install-tl --gui wizard & I get 5-step ...
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All files under `/usr/share/texmf` are removed, how to save?
I remove all files under /usr/share/texmf by mistake with rm(could I call it the curse of rm T_T). How could I do next to save the environment? Re-install? Or any other choice.
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Cyrillic monospaced font in XeLaTeX
I've installed full TexLive 2011 using "install-tl" script in Ubuntu 12.04. When I was using TexLive 2009 from repositories the following file was compiled without any errors.
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TeXLive2011, XeLaTex and Beamer won't compile lists
Approximately a year ago I created a beamer presentation using TeXLive 2009 on Ubuntu and XeLaTeX (since I wanted to use system fonts). Meanwhile I upgraded to TeXLive 2011. Yesterday I tried to run ...
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How to teach latex to find Sweave.sty? [Ubuntu 12.04; TeXLive 2011]
I work on XUbuntu 12.04 and I have installed R 2.15. Since the package manager only provides TeX Live 2009, I use the following to install TeX Live 2011 on XUbuntu:
download install-tl-unx.tar.gz ...
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Which TeX distribution? (Undefined control sequence)
(FYI I am new to LaTeX)
I'm trying to compile a TeX document that someone else has given me. I had BasicTex installed, and it didn't seem to work. My friend said he uses TeX Live, so I tried ...
