Questions tagged [texlive-2019]

{texlive-2019} is for questions specific to the 2019 release of TeX Live.

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Texlive-2020's lualatex fails to compile due to "no writeable cache path". Texlive-2019's lualatex works fine

After upgrading my texlive distribution to v2020 on my linux machine lualatex stopped working altogether producing the same fatal error for all projects. Even compiling the following minimal source ...
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TeXLive version mismatch with remote repo when trying to install latest version

My goal is to install the latest version of TeX Live, after having uninstalled the previous one, because I got the error tlmgr: Remote repository is newer than local (2018 < 2019) and I couldn't ...
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Run a command at the start/end of each chapter without hooks

I'm using the glossaries package to create a list of acronyms, and I'd like to reset the first key flag for all entries at the start of each chapter in my document. I've tried solutions I've found ...
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Change from TL-2019 to TL-2020

I have TL-2019 and TL-2020 both installed on my PC (Win 11). My problem is that I'm compiling my LaTeX files with TL-2019 and not with TL-2020. Please how can I remove TL-2019 and switch to TL-2020 in ...
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Additional (unwanted) vertical bars in a tabular after the last row (after updating from Tex Live 2019 to Tex Live 2021)

Since updating to Tex Live 2021 (from 2019), there are two additional (unwanted) vertical bars in a tabular after the last row. This was not happening in the 2019 version. What am I doing wrong? Here ...
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kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT returns "/"

I am trying to update Texlive with update-tlmgr-latest.sh to tackle the problem below: /usr/bin/tlmgr: unexpected return value from verify_checksum: -5 But kpsewhich kept returning / and I have no ...
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Latest texlive 2019 update broke files with novel class

The example files supplied with the novel class package and my own files using this package no longer compile (lualatex) after the latest update. There are everything ok with Texlive 2018 and before ...
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Problem with horizontal spacing in itemize environment in beamer with xepersian package

I have a problem with itemize environment, which I did not in the past. I used to produce Persian slides with LuaLaTex in Texlive 2015. Now, I am using XePersian with XeLaTeX engine and Texlive 2019. ...
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Cannot install on tcolorbox on Red Hat 8 (checksums differ error)

I'm working off of RedHat 8, and I installed a slim version of LaTeX called TinyTeX. I'm trying to install tcolorbox as it is needed to render Jupyter Notebooks as PDFs. However, whenever I try to ...
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Error using Arial font: "File arial.sty not found". But the font is there

I need to compile my document using a class file, provided by the journal I am submitting to. They require Arial font, and indeed in the .cls file they provided I can find the line \RequirePackage{...
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How can I make a template compatible with multiple LaTeX distributions (in different versions)?

I am working on a template where we are using the function \text_purify:n but this function was only added 2020-03-05 and hence is not part of TeXlive 2019. The problem is, that this template shall ...
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includegraphics not working

\includegraphics is not working with TeX Live. The minimal code included in the file ´test.tex` is the following \documentclass[]{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{graphicx} \begin{...
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Install latest version of TexLive [2021] on Debian/ChromeOS?

sudo apt install texlive-full installs the 2019 version. Using the tlmgr and update-tlmgr-latest.sh I tried to get it to version 2021 but failed. $ tex --version TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2019/dev/...
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LaTeX on Ubuntu 20.04 giving "overfull \vbox" errors when using \includegraphics, \textwidth

I'm using LaTeX on Ubuntu 20.04 (for details see below). I never really had any trouble, but today I started getting unexpected Badbox warnings when using \includegraphics: Overfull \vbox (10.0pt too ...
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tlmgr "unexpected return value from verify_checksum: -5"

I have a very similar problem as discussed in the post TEX564734. I am on ubuntu 20.04 and the installation via sudo apt install texlive installed a debian version in the folder /usr/share/texlive. ...
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Why texlive installation is so slow?

Why texlive installation is so slow? It installs programs piecewise, instead of extracting a compressed file. Is there a reason for this? I am doing this on Windows 10.
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How to use emoji package for lualatex with TeX Live 2019 (fontproblem)

I want to use the emoji package from texlive luatex. I have TexLive 2019 under Ubuntu 20.04. I utilized the following commands to install the package, which is not part of the ubuntu texlive ...
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TexLive 2019 lualatex doesn't compile document

I have a document that compiles fine under pdflatex. But when I use lualatex the compilation process ends without doing anything. The log file has just these line: This is LuaTeX, Version 1.10.0 (...
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How do I type a superscript in a subtitle?

Here is a minimal version of what I am trying to compile: \documentclass{book} \begin{document} \title{La vie au XXI\textsuperscript{e} si\`ecle} \subtitle{La vie au XXI\textsuperscript{e} si\`ecle}...
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TeX Live 2019 install hangs, want to resume

I have installed various implementations of TeX countless times over the years. I know it can be difficult. But the problem I have now is maddening. I am running on fiber internet, gig up gig down. ...
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SetWatermarkColor does not work with TeX Live 2020

I am using XeLaTeX compiler on TeX Live version 2020 on overleaf.com. The below MWE does not compile on TeX Live version 2020. It works perfectly on TexLive version 2019. \documentclass[11pt]{article} ...
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How to uninstall TeX Live 2019 on Windows 10?

Each online installation of TeX Live 2019 is an utter failure. In each and every attempt I’m left with an incomplete install. With each subsequent retry the installer warns against [re-]installing in ...
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verbatim overlays of powerdot do not comply with TeXlive 2020 latex, whereas everything's fine with latex in TeXlive 2019

Edit: As of version 1.6 of powerdot, this problem has been fixed. The update is already on CTAN. Thanks for the ideas. I have realized that verbatim overlays in powerdot does not work with TexLive ...
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TexLive 2019 and Hoefler Text features

I just updated my system to use TexLive 2019 and, since the update, some of the features that were previously working for Hoefler Text don't seem to work any more. I have problems with alternate ...
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Issue with TeX Live Shell

I have an issue with tlmgr GUI. Whenever I start TeX Live Manager on my Windows 10 machine, the GUI is 2x the normal size and the list of packages is blank. Please see the picture. To get TeX Live ...
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fontenc.sty broken line 115

I've updated texlive this morning (2020-02-25 - 8.40 CET) and my documents, that compiled without trouble yesterday, report this error today: /usr/local/texlive/2019/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc....
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2018 version of paralist.sty throws error but not 2019 version

I'm running texlive 2018 on ubuntu 18.04. To defeat beamer's infuriating refusal to allow users to remove spaces before and after lists, I've created my own list environment, using paralist. ...
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Unexpected tlmgr behaviour

I have the following unexpected behaviour when I run tlmgr Running tlmgr --version tells me I'm running TeX Live 2020, namely the output is: tlmgr revision 57119 (2020-12-13 00:40:00 +0100) tlmgr ...
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Roboto font package makes text un-copyable in LaTeX output

The Roboto package seems to mess with the text content, so when you copy your resulting text, it adds or removes some spaces, depending on the PDF viewer. Example: \documentclass{scrartcl} \...
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MacTeX 2019 vs. 2020: No more lmodern b, only lmodern bx?

The font "Latin Modern" comes with two different bold faces, one called "bold", the other one called "bold extended". Bold extended is the default for this font. With ...
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Issues with Texlive 2019

I stayed on perfectly working earlier versions until now when I decided to give TL 2019 a try. My documents did not compiled, raining thousands of errors on me, and fired up Tlmgr, to update, but I ...
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eplain packages with plain tex no longer have all needed definitions

If one uses tex rather than pdftex, one gets errors when inputting certain packages with eplain. For example, let test.tex be this file: \input /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/eplain/eplain \...
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Cabin condensed not working as expected with TeXLive 2019?

I like to use the excellent Cabin Condensed font by Pablo Impallari. I switch to this font using the handy \cabincondensed command defined by the cabin package. However, after I updated to TeXLive ...
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Installing relatively modern texlive on Raspbian

My version or Raspbian comes with TL 2016. It does not work with my documents and I need to upgrade. How can I install TL 2019 if its binary platform does not include ARM?
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Polyglossia breaks \frenchspacing in TeXLive 2020 and 2019

Using XeTeX from TeXLive 2020 (or 2019), the following code gives the following output: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{polyglossia} \frenchspacing \begin{document} Sociable on as carriage ...
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Problem with opacity in pstricks with TeXLive 2019

I'm using TeX Live 2019 (in Overleaf) and I have the following code: \documentclass[pstricks,border=2mm]{standalone} \begin{pspicture}(-2.5,-0.5)(2.5,4.5) \pspolygon[fillstyle=solid,fillcolor=...
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Hebrew in ModernCV failing with TeXLive 2019 XeLaTeX

The following MWE fails when run with TexLive 2019. It works with TeXLive 2017 and 2018. \documentclass[english,sans]{moderncv} \moderncvstyle{banking} \usepackage[unicode]{hyperref} \usepackage{...
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Updating from Mint19 to Mint20 breaks tkz-euclide

I just upgraded from Mint19 to 20. A tex file (20 000 lines) was compiling without error in Mint19. Now I get either 1 or more than 100 errors! The following minimal example shows the dilemma: \...
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Problem with shadow in tcolorbox with LaTeX compilation

I'm using TeX Live 2019 with LaTeX compiler (in Overleaf). I have the following code: \documentclass[border=2mm]{standalone} \usepackage[many]{tcolorbox} \begin{document} \tcbox[enhanced,drop fuzzy ...
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How to get nicematrix to work in texlive 2019

I am using TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2019/Debian). My simple test code is: \documentclass[]{article} \usepackage{nicematrix} \begin{document} \section{} \begin{NiceTabular}{@{}c!{\qquad}ccc!{\qquad}...
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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2019) Latex Error: File `size14.clo' not found [duplicate]

With TeX 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2019) on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS I'm getting the following error with beamer slides: Latex Error: File `size14.clo' not found Any hint to solve the problem.
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How many user can access the xelatex.exe at the same time when istalled texlive on server share folder

We are plan to install texlive on server share folder (windows) in our institution. I have a doubt regarding How many user can access the Xelatex.exe and latex.exe at the same time for compilation ...
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installed texlive 2020 but it shows texlive 2019

I've installed TexLive 2020 in Ubuntu 20.04(I've done an offline installation, if that matters). And as per the instructions on the TexLive doc page added the MANPATH, INFOPATH and PATH in my ~/....
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Incompatibility of thmtools, IEEEtrantools, and cleveref in Tex Live 2018-2019

Using TeX Live 2018 or 2019, IEEEtrantools, thmtools and cleveref are incompatible. I.e., if one loads these packages together, the project does not compile. Here is a minimal example: \documentclass{...
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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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What changed related to \ne in TeXLive 2019?

Did something change related to \ne recenetly? The MWE below in TeXLive 2018 yields the expected output but with TeXLive 2019 (with all packages up to date as of today) I get Argument of \ne  has an ...
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Unable to use chemfig with pdflatex

I wanted to use the chemfig package and installed it using tllocalmgr in arch Linux. However when I tried to use pdflatex on a tex file like this one, \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{...
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Update a single package – TeX Live (Windows)

I have TeX Live 2019 on my computer and I need to update a single package, but TeX Live 2020 was already released a month ago, so I am getting such a message tlmgr.pl: Local TeX Live (2019) is older ...
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How to disable L3 programming layer

I have a xmltex development project which runs on my office computer with texlive 2019, but not on my home computer with a (just now) installed texlive 2019. I noted that the recent texlive uses some ...
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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 ...