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Best way to install packages for TeXLive in Ubuntu?
I want to install a package (specifically xlop). I'm using TeXLive on Ubuntu, and I don't really know my way around LaTeX.
Can apt-get install or something similar be used?
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Setup SyncTeX with Emacs
I want to setup SyncTeX with Emacs, or, more specifically, with AUCTeX, and Evince in Ubuntu. How can I do that? I would like both forward search (from source to output) and inverse search (from ...
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I want to start using LaTeX on Ubuntu. Where do I start?
There are many different kind of options that you can do in order to start using LaTeX on Ubuntu. I would prefer doing that through Eclipse, but if there is a better way of doing it, feel free to ...
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Getting “You have to run LaTeX again to get the references right ” over and over again
on Ubuntu 10.04 with Emacs 23.1.1 and TexLive, writing a book (scrbook) spread over different files, I have the following problem:
Doing C-c C-c in Emacs (the usual cycle LaTeX BibTeX LaTeX LaTeX)
I ...
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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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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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TeXLive won't find files in $HOME/texmf
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 and was trying to get my custom styles/fonts and the like to work. As on all distributions before, I store them in $HOME/texmf, with a tree structure according to the ...
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Versions of TeXLive under Ubuntu
Since installing Ubuntu, I noticed that it has an old version of TeXLive, namely, TeXLive 2009. To get the latest version, I downloaded and installed TeXLive 2011 from CTAN. As this installs itself ...
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xelatex: I can't write on file `test.pdf'.
Every so often I'll be working and all of a sudden xelatex won't work, saying "I can't write on file `test.pdf'". But why not? Is it something I did? Did I insult xelatex? Now it won't even compile my ...
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Getting TexLive installation to work
In the launchpad website it is mentioned that the version in the repositories is hopelessly outdated (by two years, even in the oncoming october release). I was trying to install TeXLive 2011 (in ...
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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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How can I call TexLive in Ubuntu?
Following the instructions in this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LaTeX , I installed TexLive, which needs some 1GB of space (I installed the texlive-full package). Yet, after installation, I ...
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How to improve texdoc results?
texdoc often fails for me, e.g.
$ locate beameruserguide.pdf
/usr/share/doc/latex-beamer/beameruserguide.pdf.gz
$ texdoc -l beamer
1 ...
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How to set up forward search: from .tex under Emacs to position .pdf under Okular
I edit .tex file under Emacs and view them with Okular.
I have already set up the backward search: from .pdf to .tex by pressing Shift+Left click on the .pdf file. The related part of .emacs file is ...
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Amsmath has problems with $e^{\sum{x}}$
Running the code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document} Test: $e^{\sum{x}}$ \end{document}
Dies, yet it runs just fine with the \usepackage{amsmath} commented out. The logs ...
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Can I download CTAN packages from the command-line? (Ubuntu)
I'm reading this, where one of the respondents says to "get a package from CTAN". There are no installation instructions in the package mentioned.
I've installed texlive-full and use the long-term ...
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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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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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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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Non-repository management of TeXLive packages on Ubuntu
I am looking to update my version of beamer to 3.10 (which supports nonstandard slide aspect ratios), however the Ubuntu main repository only has version 3.07. I was not able to locate tlmgr. Is there ...
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TeX Live error on Ubuntu 10.04: pdflatex.fmt doesn't match pdftex.pool
I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 over-top of Ubuntu 9.04, preserving my /home partition, but aside from that partition, it was a fresh install. I installed the texlive package (2009-7) from Ubuntu's ...
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How can I make texdoc find certain documentation?
(This is a question in relation to something brought up in chat, http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/41?m=1918860#1918860.)
I'm using TeX Live 2009 in Ubuntu 11.04 and neither texdoc pgf nor ...
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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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Non-repository management of TeXLive packages on Ubuntu
How do I install a package which is supplied by a publisher (like Springer or Elsevier)?
In MikTex (windows), I have to copy it into specified folder and than run some file which install the package. ...
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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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How can I install citeref via tlmgr from TexLive 2012?
How can I install citeref via tlmgr from TexLive 2012 in Ubuntu 12.10?
Why was citeref.sty dropped in Texlive 2012?
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Installing TeX Live from tug.org
I was trying to install TeX Live (on Ubuntu10.04) following the instructions contended in http://tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html (c.f. thread Typesetting a document using Arabic script).
I've ...
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How to install new packages on Texmaker on Ubuntu?
How do I install new packages on Texmaker? I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
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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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Using Hebrew in TexWorks
I'd like to write proofs in Hebrew with TeXWorks on Ubuntu 10.4. I'm completely new to LaTeX ... I have Hebrew support installed, but I'm not sure how to proceed regarding writing Hebrew mixed with ...
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Differences in texlive implementations
I run the same input file in two computers, one having TeX Live/Debian under Ubuntu, the
other with TeX Live/opensuse under SUSE 11.1.
The second one fails to handle the file properly. In ...
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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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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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Is there a similar manpage for LaTeX packages/template?
In Unix like systems, there are always manpages for the packages installed.When I'm using latex, I have to use some templates or packages. But I'm not familiar with the usage of some package.For ...
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bodegraph on Ubuntu 10.04
I have been trying to get the tex package bodegraph working on my Ubuntu 10.04 machine. First off since Ubuntu ships with Texlive 2009 I had to uninstall the default version and manually install ...
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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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chktex not reading lines correctly
I'm trying to use chktex in Ubuntu but it seems to not be reading lines correctly.
When I run it on a file that has this line (and any other line like it):
\include{glossary}
it send an error ...
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Finding a Ubuntu package for a sty file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install an individual package on a Linux system?
I've had this problem for a while now on Ubuntu. Whenever I have a missing .sty file (right now, it's ...
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What is the difference between install texlive through iso image and through apt-get in Ubuntu?
I'd like install TeX Live, but I'd like know the best option: download the ISO image or install through apt-get command: apt-get texlivefull.
I am using Xubuntu 11.10. Is there a significant ...
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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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How to make the moderncv templates from CTAN work in Ubuntu 11.10
I am trying to use moderncv on Ubuntu 11.10. The class is in texlive-latex-extra but it seems to be an old version and it does not recognize some new commands.
I would like to either upgrade the ...
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Successfully installed texlive-full but can't find it
Why is it that I can't find any icons or shortcuts of my LaTeX installation?
I installed it using this:
$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full.
But when I look at my application, I can't locate ...
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CJK-friendly Ubuntu editor or IDE for XeLaTeX
I've seen this discussion about the best IDEs for LaTeX on Ubuntu: XEmacs/AucTeX is recommended by my colleagues off of this site. However, I'm interested in the specific case of mixed CJK/Roman ...
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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 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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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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texdoc can't find gnome-open (ubuntu 12.04, texlive 2009)
I have a full texlive ubuntu (2009) installation and typing something like
texdoc caption
returns the following error message: sh: 1: gnome-open: not found
if I type texdoc -f, I get the message:
...
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How to install minted in Ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install an individual package on a Linux system?
I'm very new to Latex and have understood basic concepts. Now I would like to get syntax highlighting. minted ...
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Emacs Quick View (C-c C-v) fails after upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04
I upgraded to Ubuntu Linux 11.04 yesterday, and I realize that Quick View (C-c C-v) in Emacs, which opened pdf with okular, does not work anymore. C-c C-v does nothing now; I also try to launch it via ...
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Install font easily - product integral?
Is there a way to install fonts easily from a tar.gz file? I'm looking to install http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/~gill/prodint.tgz. The README states:
Copy "prodint.tfm" and "prodint.pfb" ...
