Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian. It includes TeX and Friends in the form of the TeX Live distribution. Note that http://askubuntu.com is specifically dedicated to Ubuntu questions.
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Installing a handwriting fonts for LaTeX in Ubuntu
I am a LaTeX user and I am using it on Linux Ubuntu. In my document I want to use handwriting font described here. So i tried to include it by using:
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{la}
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Why autoref lets text ignore wrapfigure [closed]
I just ran into a problem concerning autoref in combination with the wrapfigure environment of the wrapfig package.
Minimal example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
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How to open installed docs
Sorry if it sounds too naive, I am quite noob, so please bear with me.
I have downloaded texlive-docs using ubuntu repository, but how can I view/use them?
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Installing TeXlive on Ubuntu, revisited
The Debian/Ubuntu packages for TeXlive are usually outdated, sometimes up to several years behind CTAN. Now, I understand that
packaging TeX Live takes a lot of work
and, if you want to follow ...
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media9 + ubuntu 13.04 install?
How do I install media9 in my ubuntu 13.04?
I'm trying to create a beamer presentation that contains a video using LyX.
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Latex on Linux: Path problem after new install of TeX Live
This may well be a duplicate of something that's already been covered here -- in fact it seems close to the problem described at "How does LaTeX find package files?" -- so I hope this is not too ...
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Errors after TeX Live 2012 update on Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I wanted to use mdframed package but I was getting the error package not found. I followed the advice here to update to Text Live 2011. However, I figured out there is Tex Live 2012 and therefore ...
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TeXLive cannot be updated, older version not available and cannot install pretest version
I freshly installed Ubuntu 13.04 and proceeded to install TexLive 2012 which has been frozen for upcoming release of TeXLive 2013 and hence cannot be updated. I wanted to modify and compile a LaTeX ...
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Beamer presentation fails to compile after TeX Live upgrade [closed]
After an upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) to 13.04 (Raring), pdfLaTeX fails to compile a simple presentation using Beamer. Besides Beamer, the only package I am explicitly using is minted, for ...
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How to install font from the font catalogue in Debian
As it seems many users have a problem with this in Debian and/or Ubuntu. I have not seen a good an straightforward guide in various forums. Finally I found it out, just by reading the documentation. ...
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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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Paths, kpsewhich, can't locate files [closed]
My Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) system seems to have TeX trees in /usr/local/texlive/2011 and /usr/share/texlive/ (I don't know if this is standard or not). Anyway, kpsewhich doesn't seem to be able to find ...
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LaTeX IDE with git
I currently use Texmaker when working with LaTeX. I often use Git as well with LaTeX. I was wondering if there is an IDE similar to Texmaker which supports Git.
Thanks.
P.S. I use Ubuntu.
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Which texmf directory to use for non-texlive deb-package
I'd like to provide a collection of packages/classes/fonts in a custom .deb package, i.e. that is not part of texlive.
Which directory should I choose for installing?
texlive tells me to use ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Error finding callig15 [closed]
The font calligra is not working on my system (Ubuntu, installed LaTeX by installing Texmaker, which installs the dependencies).
When I try to compile this minimal example at the command line,
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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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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 transfer .cls from a flashdrive to my computers My Documents using .bat in UBUNTU? [closed]
i am planning to transfer my myclass.cls from my flashdrive to my computers My Documents in a more decent way so i want to create a .bat file where when clicked, myclass will be transfered to my ...
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Error installing livetex on Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
I use Ubuntu 12.04. I had the texlive 2009 and wanted to upgrade to 2012 but it did not go very well. Now I am trying to get back to 2009. I removed texlive from the system (or so I think) and removed ...
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A complete Biblatex example - from start to end
I've just joined this site and recently started using LaTeX so please excuse me if I come across as a little naive of anything.
I installed TexMaker in Windows 7 and tried to follow this example: ...
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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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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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How do I manually install the necessary packages to get TeXmaker to work? And in which directory do I put them? [duplicate]
I use Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm just getting started with TeXmaker. However, I need to get the library/package (what's the difference anyway?) for it to work and I'm having trouble with finding it in the ...
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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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Using microtype protrusion with XeTeX and Ubuntu
I believe I have all the correct versions of the software at hand and installed (v. 2.5 of microtype and .9998 of XeTeX) to get protrusion to work with XeTeX on my Ubuntu system but I keep getting an ...
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Compiling same project gives different result after 2 months [closed]
Ok, here's the deal. In December I finished writing a long document. I compiled it and went on vacations. I get back and after 2 I months compiled the exact same project with absolutely nothing ...
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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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How to use biber with Ubuntu 12.04?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04, TexLive 2012 from backports, TexLive full installation.
However, when I try to compile via latexmk, I get an error message that biber is missing.
How to get biber working on ...
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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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Why Ubuntu pdflatex in terminal and texmaker pdflatex load different libertine fonts?
The texlive 2012 and the libertine font version (currently 5.3) has been already updated by:
Tlmgr update --all
However, I found texmaker pdflatex invoke libertine-legacy, because when using ...
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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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How to use Xetex with Latexila?
I am trying to set up Latexila on Ubuntu 12.04 to output using the Xetex engine. I could not find any reference on the web, so I would like to ask you how to do it.
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Explaining differences between the folder texmf and texmf-texlive in Ubuntu
I have only downloaded a bibtex utility to export the bib entries that cited in the TeX documents. It contains .dtx and .ins, but the instructions is not really clear enough to install it into my ...
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Bad references with \cref in Ubuntu [closed]
I've a problem with the references generated with \cref in Ubuntu. When I try to cite some figure or table I obtain ?? [table][1][1]1.1, with no link to go to the figure or table. In the table of this ...
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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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Texmaker generated pdf file not showing the position of cursor
I am compiling LaTeX files with Texmaker on Ubuntu 12.04 system.
When I run pdflatex and then view the pdf file (internal), it does not show me the exact place where I am editing on Texmaker i.e. ...
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TEXINPUTS ignored in ubuntu 12.04?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 (default, no tweaking) and I am trying to use pdfLaTeX, like this:
the file z.tex exists
I am in the directory containing z.tex
TEXINPUTS is a shell variable ...
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XeLaTeX - terminal output too verbose
Is it possible to reduce the amount of information you get from running:
xelatex texfile.tex
The oh so long output:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
restricted ...
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Font problem - errors returned
I am using Ubuntu as OS. When I try to run a tex code, I receive this error from Textmaker :
! Font T1/ppl/m/n/12=pplr8t at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found
! Font ...
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Are bitmap fonts too fuzzy or is it just me? [closed]
The above text was rendered with LaTeX. The text below was rendered in Libre Office.
You can see that there is a big difference in clarity, I think. Is it just me? How can I get LaTeX to produce ...
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Help using MathTime Pro 2 fonts in Ubuntu Linux with tex-live
I installed the MTPro2 fonts in Ubuntu 12.04 by extracting the MTPro2
ZIP file into a directory called "mathtime" and then doing the
following:
sudo mv mathtime/* /usr/local/share/texmf/
cd ...
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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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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 ...
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How to install the documentclass standalone in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install an individual package on a Linux system?
Is there an easy way to install the documentclass standalone in Ubuntu using apt-get?
In other words, is there ...
