TeX Live is a widely used TeX distribution available for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and other Unix-like operating systems.
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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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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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Is there an debian/ubuntu package containing mdframed.sty?
I found several answers on this site recommending the mdframed package. However, I can't find a ubuntu texlive package that includes this. Do I have to install this manually or am I overlooking ...
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Why is the MacTeX distribution so large? Is there anything smaller for OS X?
I would like to know how to install LaTeX on Mac 10.6 or higher.
But the MacTeX is some 1.28 GB file! Is there a smaller distribution I could install?
What exactly is TeX Live?
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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]
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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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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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I have a problem with installing tlmgr [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
tlmgr is not accessible after installing TeX Live 2011 on a Ubuntu system
My computer runs on Fedora 15 x86-64. I installed TeX Live using my package manager, but ...
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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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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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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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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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Forward-inverse search using SyncTeX with the precison of a single word
I would like to know if SyncTeX supports forward search and inverse search in a precision of a single word. The "default" implementation in both TeXLive and MikTeX only seems to be able to synchronize ...
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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 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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How do I write a paper using APA6 format? [closed]
I'm trying to write a paper, and the format must adhere to APA style, 6th edition. I've found that I should use \documentclass{apa6} to do this. Well, I tried, and I get :
File 'apa6.cls' not ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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How to set font to Arial throughout the entire document in Mongolian?
I have:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[mongolian]{babel}
\usepackage[cp1251]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{uarial}
...
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How to configure kile to run texlive 2011?
I install TeX Live 2011 in Linux, but i can not configure kile to run the TL11. Can you explain step by step, please?
Solved:
$gedit ~/.profile
and digit
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Sweave.sty Rd.sty on texlive 2011 (OpenSUSE 12.1)
I am trying to make Sweave.sty and Rd.sty globally available on my system. After reading related posts on StackExchange, I changed texmf.cnf, so that
kpsewhich --expand-var='$TEXMF'
results in
...
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Kile inverse search fails with Texlive 2011 [closed]
I am using Scientific Linux 6.1. When I installed Kile it came with Texlive 2007 so I installed Texlive 2011 and made necessary changes to make Kile use Texlive 2011.
The problem is , am unable to ...
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Tengwar script in TeX Live 2011
I tried to compile this example but the LaTeX compiler gives the following errors. What can I do?
name = tngani, rootname = tngani, pointsize = mktexmf: empty or non-existent rootfile!
Cannot find ...
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Local font installation problems
Recently I tried to reinstall the MathTimePro II fonts in my local texmf directory. I already have Lucida fonts installed which works fine. So I carefully copied all the relevant files/folders to the ...
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Problem with loading font metrics file [closed]
Trying to make PDF output with pdflatex halts with this message:
Font T1/ptm/m/n/10=ptmr8t at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found
After searching a bit I found that file ptmr8t.tfm is ...
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MacTeX 2011, Xetex and Tex Live Utility
I tried several times to play with XeLaTeX (being used to "classical" LaTeX) but since I installed MacTeX 2011 and updated it with TeX Live Utility, I got that kind message :
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Compiles to PDF but not DVI
I just installed TeX Live on Ubuntu 10.04 using the install-tl-unx.tar.gz package. However, when I tested the installation I noticed that it cannot compile to DVI but it can compile to PDF.
My ...
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Texlive - restoring texlive/updmap font state?
Well, I just wanted to have times render in a DVI in evince; that command failed at mktexpk, basically something like this if I try to run it standalone:
$ TEXMFCNF=/path/to/texlive/2011/texmf/web2c ...
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Texmaker and moderncv with TeX Live 2011
I'm trying to do my CV with moderncv but Texmaker show me an error
!LaTeX Error:File 'moderncv.cls' not found.
But the moderncv macro is installed in TeX Live 2011.
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TeXLive dependents?
I know this might not be a question for this forum but for SS; however, someone might give me a hint. This problem happens to me both in Ubuntu and in OS X.
When I want to install something (e.g., ...
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TeXLive 2011 ConTeXt problem
I was wondering if there were any bugs with ConTeXt on TeXLive 2011. I normally do not use ConTeXt but wanted to play with it.
$ uname -a
OpenBSD oko.bagdala2.net 5.1 GENERIC.MP#188 i386
I have ...
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pgfplots: I do not know the key '/tikz/nodes near coords' error [closed]
I'm trying to create a simple plot using pgfplots. I have a problem though that drives me crazy. I'm working on a debian installation and had installed the tex-live version from the repositories. The ...
