Questions tagged [installing]
{installing} is for questions regarding the installation of (La)TeX or any editor or other tool related to (La)TeX.
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i just downloaded protext. i opened the zip file and tried to run setup.exe. it showed the following error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "protext-setup.py", line 298, in
File "protext-setup.py", line 97, in init
File "wx_controls.pyc", line 494, in init
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec ...
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Installing Packages to TeX Studio ( TikZ package)
I am currently a new user of TeX studio, so i really don't know how to install packages ,particularly TikZ package, to TeX studio on my Computer. Also I am very open to suggestions about how can I ...
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Shows “beamer.cls” not found, “pstcol.sty” not found and few more
I was doing my semester project work. I had completed it few weeks ago. Now I am supposed to make a presentation for it. For making the report I was using my old laptop. I had completed 50% of my ...
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The command “ tlmgr update --list ” does not return answer to the asked question
I have texlive installed using synaptic and but when I type 'tlmgr update --list'
in a shell I get this window
Can anybody tell me what the statements mean. Thanks
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Installing tex 2020 from the iso: Can't locate TeXLive/TLUtils.pm in @INC (you may need to install the TeXLive::TLUtils module)
When I try to install texlive 2020 from the iso 20200406 I found two problems
1) for some inexplicable reason the first line of install-tl is !/usr/bin/env perl instead of #!/usr/bin/env perl....
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I have xepersian installed using miktex but Texstudio returns the error message it cannot find xepersian
I use Miktex installation and have just installed Xepersian package. When I try
to compile a document using XeLatex that calls the Xepesian package I get the error
messege "cannot find Xepersian.sty"....
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Problem of installing pgfcore.sty in texstudio
I have installed Texstudio in my laptop and can't start the beamer presentation due to unsuccessful attempt of installing pgfcore.sty. Kindly suggest me how can I install pgfcore.sty for TexStudio?
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Installation of texlive fails while downloading luatex (checksums differ)
I installed texlive 2020 some time ago without any problems. While updating it some issue with luatex occured and luatex stopper working. So I uninstalled texlive and decided to reinstall it.
However, ...
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I can't reinstall TeX Live 2020 anymore
I had to reinstall Windows 10 due to... reasons, but now I can't reinstall TeX Live 2020 anymore.
Here an example of the parts of the log which gives errors:
Installing [2194/3989, time/total: 33:29/...
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Installation error on Ubuntu
On Ubuntu 20.04, my installation of texlive breaks down and produces the following error log. What does that mean and how can I fix it?
No pages of output.
Transcript written on pdflatex.log.
fmtutil ...
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TeXLive 2019 folder is not deleted when installing a new one
I installed TeXLive in /usr/local/texlive/2020, but the 2019 folder is still there. Should I manually delete it?
Furthermore, I have to install many packages I installed in 2019. Why isn't there an ...
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How to install and run two side-by-side versions of LaTeX / TeXmF? — MiKTeX 2.1 and MiKTeX 2.9
I am a new user to both LaTeX and this Stack Exchange, so please go easy on me!
I posted this question, "Can the older MiKTeX 2.1 files be used with the newer MiKTeX 2.9 and its TeXworks user ...
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Can the older MiKTeX 2.1 files be used with the newer MiKTeX 2.9 and its TeXworks user interface
I am a new LaTeX user, and new to this Stack Exchange, so please go easy on me!
I have a user manual having multitudes of bounding box issues because the current 2.9 version of MiKTeX (basic-miktex-2....
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On-the-fly package installation fails (and install using Package Manager also fails)
I have successfully used Texmaker for years with Miktex. I had it set to on-the-fly package installation and still do - in Miktex options, Package installation Install missing packages on-the-fly is ...
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w32tex texinstwin process
If I visit this page:
http://w32tex.org
it says:
A simple installer texinstwin.zip
So I go ahead and download it:
http://mirrors.ctan.org/systems/win32/w32tex/texinstwin.zip
and save to C:\...
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Version-switching for TeX Live
The newly released MacTeX-2020 requires at least High Sierra, probably for good reasons. Unfortunately I am still on MacOS Sierra (10.12.6) because of other heritage software.
I am happy to install ...
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MikTex installation problem
Following a bug during a Windows update of my computer, I had to reset it to factory settings and empty all its memory. So I also had to reinstall MikTeX on my computer. I proceeded as usual but now ...
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Install packages online from MiKTeX console
I tried installing a package automatically from the MiKTeX console, but it keeps showing this error message
a connection to mirrors.hit.edu.cn could not be established
What is the solution to this ...
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Texlive 2019 offline installation from iso image on Linux [duplicate]
I have put a downloaded iso image of Texlive 2019 on Linux (Mint 19.3, 32 bit) desktop.
I open the terminal in the desktop and perform the following commands
$ mkdir mountpoint
$ sudo mount -o loop ...
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Can I safely move the LaTeX doc folder in Linux from the distribution folder to the local texmf/ folder?
Latex's documentation is quite big and I am now running out of space on / .
I have the main Latex installation under / , where I have a folder ../texmf-dist/doc/ which is quite big. I have space ...
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copying the texlive 2019 setup from virtual machine to real hardware on windows 10
I had installed texlive in a vmware virtual machine on Windows 10 (the virtual machine OS is Windows 10)
I thought of using it on a real physical machine.
On that real physical machine I copied the ...
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how to take backup of texlive directory and steps after backup
I have installed texlive on Windows 10 and took me several hours to do this.
Approximately 6 Gb of packages were downloaded.
Now I have a folder C:\texlive
If I take a backup of this folder then my ...
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Unable to locate package latex-xcolor
I am trying to install the package latex-xcolor on Ubuntu 18.04, by sudo apt get latex-xcolor, but I got a message saying out: E: Unable to locate package latex-xcolor.
It used to work on Ubuntu 16....
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About ZzTeX download
Where can I download the ZzTeX setup? Please share it...An example is shown below:
\input zztex
\setartroot{art/}
\setPDFhyperlinks{\false}
\loaddesign{xzy}
\division{front}
\enddocument
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ifluatex and ifxetex not in repository
trying to run a docker install of tinytex and running into an issue where it can't find ifluatex and ifxetex in the repository. I've tried a few different mirrors to no avail [RIT, dal, etc].
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Missing package
I have just installed MiKTeX and Texmaker to use latex. But as I run the program for a file the following error occurred. I searched online and tried to download the package from https://ctan.org/pkg/...
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tlmgr install from a requirement file
Is there a way to dump the list of installed package to be used as a basis for a new installation with tlmgr ? The same way pip works:
pip freeze > requirements.txt
then later, after a fresh git ...
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tlmgr requirement file [duplicate]
Is there a way to dump the list of installed package to be used as a basis for a new installation with tlmgr ? The same way pip works:
pip freeze > requirements.txt
then later, after a fresh git ...
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What is 'pgfcore.sty file not found' error? How to fix it?
I am an amateur user, just using latex for the past one week. When I ran a sample presentation (from the book "Practical Latex" by George Gratzer), I get this error message that a particular file ...
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Required file tex/generic/elhyphen\grahyph.tex missing from the elhyphen package, and installing never finishes - how to solve this issue?
I installed TeXmaker and TeXLive/TeXStudio and MikTeX in my Windows 10 laptop, and trying to run a LaTeX file from TexLive that runs with no difficulty and with no error on ShareLaTeX/OverLeaf ...
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basic-miktex-2.9.7269 32 bit installation problem
I am installing the basic-miktex-2.9.7269 32 bit on my laptop pc brand hp probook 6450b with the operating system windows 10. The program says: "The specified installation directory not empty" when I ...
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Garamond Expert with Math Design not working
I installed garamondx as shown below. However, when I try to incorporate it into a document, I get the following error message:
!pdfTeX error: /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex (file ugmr8a.pfb): cannot ...
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latex error : file geometry.sty not found
Ii download MiKTeX in my windows in order to be able use latex in RMarkdown and I got this error
latex error : file geometry.sty not found
could you please help me ?
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How does one install lilypond and denemo without all of latex base being auto installed Ubuntu linux
I'm trying to install denemo on an Ubuntu Linux computer without hosing my entire texlive system.
Does anybody know how to accomplish it? The Ubuntu version is always oldy old, it points the sytem ...
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tlmgr does not recognize xzdec
When trying tlmgr init-usertree, I get the following error:
/usr/bin/tlmgr: Initialization failed (in setup_unix_one):
/usr/bin/tlmgr: could not find a usable xzdec.
/usr/bin/tlmgr: Please install ...
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“TLCRYPTO::tlchechsum: given file not readable” error when installing TeX Live in Windows 10
When I install TeX Live 2019 these messages appear and installation not complete.
What should I do?
Thanks.
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How do I install metapost.sty on Ubuntu?
I have \usepackage{metapost} in my LaTeX file. When I compile the file via Emacs I get this error:
ERROR: LaTeX Error: File `metapost.sty' not found.
On the terminal I then do sudo tlmgr install ...
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The executed process did not succeed
I did the update on December 21, but I found myself confronted with the obderdiek package, on my MikTex 64 bit installation. My easily compiling files generate the error:
! LaTeX error: file “auxhook....
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Texlive 2019 installation issue
I have an issue installing Texlive 2019 on windows 10.
After the initial parameters setting, the installation begin, but fail at the first package untar.
the last time I tried the -gui text parameter ...
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Why am I unable to install MiKTeX after uninstalling it previously on Windows 10?
After uninstalling MiKTex, I deleted the remaining folder in the program files directory and emptied the recycled bin.
I tried to reinstall the program, but I got the following error: "The specified ...
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Is there any way to run windows Texlive on WSL?
Is there any way to run existing TexLive installed on my Windows 10 through the Linux feature of windows WSL (windows sub-system for linux) or should it be installed separately on the WSL?
I have the ...
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Add styles to MacTeX
I am a new user of LaTeX and would like to use it for my Master's thesis. I would like to use the styles from Journal of Finance (cf. http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/stanton/texintro/).
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.sty file missing Even that is included in other Package
I am writing a paper for R journal and using their template file. Package environ is added in RJournal package (means not included separately). But while execution there is error that environ.sty not ...
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TexLive linux installation - where do I choose to put symlinks?
I am installing TexLive 2019 on Ubuntu through the install-tl of a downloaded iso.
There is an option to automatically create symlinks that I would like to use. However, the installer asks for three ...
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I am not able to install from the zip file
I just downloaded prolatex from https://www.tug.org/protext/ but unable to install. I am a new researcher, I thought to experiment with latex in my windows computer. The error I am getting is: either ...
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How do I install the latex package wasysym on Mac? I just downloaded the zip file
I want to use this package on Pages to have a wider symbol range. I searched a lot online but nothing seems to work… can someone help me?
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Miktex unable to install package “placeins”
Trying to install placeins, doesn't work.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{placeins}
\begin{document}
Text
\end{document}
In the log of TeXstudio, it reads
Process started: pdflatex.exe -...
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Why is getting the bare minimum set up to get started with using LaTeX such a heavy process?
I want to make notes on math lectures using LaTeX (inspired by this blog post) and I've not really used the tech before. What I've done before is using Google Docs and its insert equation ...
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After installing media9 install I get \prg_generate_conditional_variant:Nnn etc as undefined control sequence
I have attempted to install media9 and seem to have done it as per https://gitlab.com/agrahn/media9 then I have included some videos in a latex/beamer document but on compile I get Undefined control ...
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Installing packages on TeXstudio
I use TeXstudio on Windows.
I tried to use some symbols from the wasysym package and it wrote to me "'wasysym.sty' not found". So I decided to install this package.
The problem is that when I go to ...
