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I have been trying to install MiKTeX on Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, I have been following the instructions from http://miktex.org/howto/build-unx. After several obstacles and installing the mentioned libraries, I successfully ran the command cmake -G "Unix Makefiles". Now, I'm stuck at the second step make, I'm getting the following error:

$ make
[  0%] Built target bintoc
[  0%] Built target j2000
[  0%] Built target web-n
[  0%] Building CXX object Libraries/3rd/graphite2/CMakeFiles/MiKTeX209-graphite2.dir/source/src/direct_machine.cpp.o
In file included from ~/Downloads/miktex-2.9-2016-02-26/Libraries/3rd/graphite2/source/src/direct_machine.cpp:42:0: ~/Downloads/miktex-2.9-2016-02-26/Libraries/3rd/graphite2/source/src/inc/Machine.h:36:22: fatal error: inc/Main.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [Libraries/3rd/graphite2/CMakeFiles/MiKTeX209-graphite2.dir/source/src/direct_machine.cpp.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Libraries/3rd/graphite2/CMakeFiles/MiKTeX209-graphite2.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Can someone please assist me how to proceed and where to look for errors?

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  • Welcome to LaTeX! Welcome to TeX.SX! MikTeX is the mainly intended for Windows (probably why you had obstacles installing it). The standard distribution for Linux is TeXLive which can be installed with sudo apt-get install texlive-full. – JP-Ellis Feb 28 '16 at 14:52
  • @JP-Ellis I've been using MiKTeX on Windows for over 2 years, hence wanted to run the same on linux machine as I'm pretty comfortable with it. Thanks anyways! – IP_Engr Feb 28 '16 at 14:55
  • As far as the output generated, MikTeX and TeXLive are identical. That is, pdflatex is (essentially) the same for both. The only difference is the interface to update/install packages... and even that is all handled by apt-get (unless you install TeXLive manually, which I would recommend but is not strictly necessary). – JP-Ellis Feb 28 '16 at 15:03
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    I wouldn't do it. The differences between texlive and miktex are rather small and it is imho not worth the trouble. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 28 '16 at 16:00
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I wouldn't try to compile miktex for linux. The differences between texlive and miktex are rather small and it is imho not worth the trouble.

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  • The solution is that I didn't go for troubleshooting on Linux. I'm using texlive on Windows. Thanks! – IP_Engr Oct 15 '16 at 9:06
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sudo apt install libgraphite2*
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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Could you add some extra information and expand your answer a little bit? – Bobyandbob May 2 '18 at 9:45

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