Questions tagged [ubuntu]
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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Setting up Latex Workshop to work with flatpak version of VS Code (Debian)
My question concerns a specific VS Code setup I chose within my Debian 12 distro -- I basically went with the flatpak route in order to avoid installing VS Code from a proprietary/unofficial package ...
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pdflatex stops at \vec when using many packages lubuntu 23.04
I have a very strange error on my lubutu (23.04 Lunar Lobster) using
pdflatex: 3.1412592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022/Debian)
Using $\vec{a}$ leads to the following error:
! Missing number, treated ...
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Compilation errors after re-installation
I re-installed my OS (Ubuntu 20.04) and Latex (package texlive-latex-extra), and I get compilation errors for my previously working documents.
The documents still work fine on Overleaf, but not on my ...
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Biber/Biblatex mismatch after fresh installation of texlive
I'm on Ubuntu 20.04, and I needed some more updated latex packages, so I manually installed texlive 2023 (after uninstalling the apt-get version, at least so I thought). I correctly set that up in ...
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Latex compilation very slow
I have a recent installation of Ubuntu 22.04 on which pdflatex takes around 50 secs to compile a document. The exact same document on another computer but with 18.04 takes less than 2 secs to compile.
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Is there a reliable guide for installing non-apt TeX Live on Ubuntu, detailing different procedures for global vs user installations?
The TeX distribution provided by apt on Ubuntu is not the latest (2023 at the time of this question). So one may want to install directly from TeX Live.
At this point an important choice is whether ...
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Installation of texlive packages ubuntu 20.04
I'm kindly asking for your help. I'm trying to install texlive on Ubuntu 20.04. I tried to find information on how to install it, but I found out there are several packages: texlive-full,texlive-latex-...
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newtxtext package error: realscripts.sty not found
I'm attempting to use the mnras package to compile a file, but I keep getting the error:
TraditionalBuilder: Engine: lualatex. Invoking latexmk... done.
Errors:
/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/...
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Still getting a "Restricted shell escape" on Kile
In order to add gnuplots in my documents, I'm using this basic code to verify my system (Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS + Kile 2.9.93)
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{shellesc}
\begin{document}
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Amalgamating a second texmf-local tree with my current texlive installation
I have a tarball of a texmf-local folder from a friend's ubuntu installation, that I'd like to amalgamate with my own texlive installation (presumably to texmf-local too). I imagine I can amalgamate ...
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Backward search not working in LyX with Okular
Backward search not working in lyx 2.3.6 and okular 22.08.2 (in Ubuntu 22.04).
I've implemented steps from https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SyncTeX: [Settings]->[Configure Okular]->[Editor] has LyX ...
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lyx export fails due to ubuntu updates. !pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file tcrm1000): Font tcrm1000 at 600 not found
I have removed and re-installed lyx, and added all the fonts I can find. The document has not changed but now cannot generate output. With added preamble stuff
\usepackage{ae}
I was able to get dvi ...
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LaTeX Error: File `ubuntu.sty' not found
I am running Winedt10.3 on miktex under windows 10. I like to use the ubuntu font for my project report. I have installed the ubuntu fonts family from Ubuntu Font for windows.
However when I am trying ...
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Installing TeX Live from source breaks manpages
When I install the latest TeX Live in Linux Mint 21 64-bit, and add the binaries to my $PATH, my manpages break, but when I rm them using the following commands:
rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2022
rm -rf ~...
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How to remove zeroes before decimal numbers in tables with siunitx -- revisited
Due to style guidelines for a journal, I need to remove the zeros before the decimals.
Apparently, the option add-integer-zero=false provided in this answer was removed from siunitx. Is there an ...
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How do I install TeX Live on Ubuntu 20.04 in order to use Gregorio
I wanted to install TeX Live on Ubuntu 20.04 in order to use Gregorio in Scribus, and used apt-get to do a full install, but it seems as though that may not be the best way to install it (for example, ...
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Setting up Geany to Use LuaTeX or XeTeX
I have installed "texlive-full" on my "ubuntu 22.04" and I use "Geany 1.38" as the editor to edit latex documents.
Everything has been fine until I needed to work with a ...
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can't set path of texlive on ubuntu
I installed a full texlive by sudo apt-get install texlive-full
then i added the fallowing code to ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc ~/.profile
export PATH=/usr/share/texlive/2019/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
enter ...
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Cannot install texlive 2022 - falls back to 2019
I used to have texlive 2019 installed on my system but I uninstalled it following these instructions in order to upgrade to texlive 2022. For some reason, every time I try to install texlive using ...
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Lyx: share/sync personnal dictionary among computers?
I am using Lyx and would like that the words saved with Add to personal dictionary can be re-used on two different (Ubuntu) computers.
One solution I can think of would be to have my personal ...
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How to install a specific version of TexLive on Debian/Ubuntu systems via apt-get?
I'm using the following command to install texlive-full on my PopOS! 22.04 LTS:
sudo apt-get instal texlive-full
It installs the following version:
TeX 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian)
kpathsea ...
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problem with xetex after updating to ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS
Xetex doesn't work if I try to use tex->pdf. I suppose the problem comes from compatiblity issues. I have no idea what "L3 programming layer" is.
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0....
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LaTeX and pdfLaTeX stop on using the 'fancy' package
I am preparing a document for a conference (APSIPA 2022); the template is available here.
For the camera-ready version, we must use that paper kit to comply with IEEE requirements (adding header and ...
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Miktex with Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
I have a problem with Miktex when I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. The Miktex is not showing figures between
\begin{pspicture} \end{pspicture}
I have MiKTeX-pdfTeX 4.11 (MiKTeX 22.8.28). I am ...
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How to properly install Tex Live on Ubuntu? [duplicate]
When I search for installing Tex Live on Ubuntu, the recommended way is to use the apt install texlive-..., unfortunately this method does not allow any package install from tlmgr:
tlmgr update --all
(...
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MiKTeX crashed on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)
I installed MikTeX from their official website on my Ubuntu 20.04 using shared settings and auto-installation. After opening the console for updates my system turned off due to a power failure and the ...
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LaTeX file works on Windows 11 but not on Ubuntu 22.04, why?
I have one file which can run on Windows 11 successfully but fails to run on Ubuntu 22.04. What is the reason for that? Ii might be about the tabularray package.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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How to install MikTex on Linux Mint 21?
I was trying to find ways to install MikTex on Linux Mint 21 (which is based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) but could not find any solution yet.
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Okular 20.12.3 does not open pdf after compilation in LyX
After updating okular from version 1.3.3 to okular 20.12.3 on Ubuntu 18.04.6 it can can't open pdf after it's compiled in LyX 2.3.6.1 (after clicking View button). Error message: "Could not open ...
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texindy does not run (ubuntu 20.04, texstudio)
I'm trying to run texindy on a document. I need it because I'm writing in french and makeindex doesn't understand how to sort some words with diacritics.
Unfortunately, after several tryings, I don't ...
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Metric (TFM) file not found when using the initials package in LaTeX
I have installed the initials package from CTAN, using these steps on Ubuntu.
I want to use the Acron font, but when I run the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lettrine, Acorn}
\...
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Which texlive (ubuntu) package contains a given tlmgr package?
I'm using a GitHub action https://github.com/DanySK/setup-texlive-action to install TexLive, and it works via ubuntu packages. My problem is that I know what tlmgr packages I need, but I'm not sure ...
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Cannot compile bold text with specified font
I'm trying to do a title page so I can reuse it for multiple works in my University. I'm obligated to use Times New Roman (which explains the usage of Nimbus Roman as an alternative). It almost works, ...
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Texmaker crashes when typing any word with the letters d-a in sequence
I am experimenting a weird crash on Texmaker. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and, surprisingly, I experience the same issue on my old computer (Ubuntu 18.04).
Whenever I am typing a word containing the ...
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tlmgr tells me my Local TeXLive (2019) is older than remote repository (2022) despite running TeXLive version 2022
Hellou I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS x86_64.
I previously had a TeXLive 2019 install on my machine via apt. But because of a problem with tlmgr (the Native TeXLive manager) concerning incompatible ...
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Unicode character ✰ (U+2730) not set up for use with LaTeX
I faced the error "Unicode character ✰ (U+2730) not set up for use with LaTeX." in my latex document. However, I didn't find the "shadowed star" in my code even though I didn't ...
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LaTeX-vim live preview using Ubuntu vm on windows - what's your setup?
Question is pretty self explanatory. I'm using a virtual machine on my pc - either the Ubuntu app on the windows store or wsl through windows terminal, and I'm looking for a setup guide with live ...
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slashbox.sty not found error
When compiling with Kile I get the error
LaTeX Error: File 'slashbox.sty' not found.
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Issues with libertine package [duplicate]
I would like to print a file (in Linux) and I get the following error
I have tried manually installing libertine but I have failed to do so.
When I dowloaded the zip folder, I extracted it, and then ...
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luatex doesn't stop on error on Windows, but does on ubuntu
I use TeXworks on Win7 (Version 0.6.5, MikTex 21.1) and TeXworks on Ubuntu (Version 0.6.5, "launchpad").
And I have a tex file with an error (undeclared control sequence).
Running luatex (1....
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Siunitx qty in TexStudio not working
I try to use the siunitx package in TeXstudio, as far as I know \si is the old version and \qty is the new version.
I tried following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\...
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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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Slow pdflatex in ubuntu 20.04
I'm compiling the same 14000-pages file on a new X1 Gen 9 with ubuntu 20.04 and on an older X1 Gen 4 with ubuntu 16.04, the first is significantly slower (no other heavy tasks in parallel). Some ...
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Compilation error since upgrade to Ubuntu 21.10
I get an error when I try to compile my LaTeX script. I did not make any change to the script. The only thing new (I guess) is that I upgraded my OS from Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 21.10. Below is the ...
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Using TexLive with TexWorks on Ubuntu 21.10 and installing packages on the fly
All of my previous Tex experience has been with the MiKTex distribution. However, I recently installed Ubuntu 21.10 and it appears that MiKTex is not compatible with this version of Ubuntu yet. ...
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How do I get texlive to work? (Ubuntu)
I am working on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS.
I want to work with TEXstudio.
When trying to build my pdf I get error messages like:
File 'biblatex.sty' not found. \addbibresource
or
File 'blindtext.sty' not ...
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How to manually remove LaTeX packages in Ubuntu (installed from Debian Repositories)
My laptop (OS: Ubuntu xenial) has a very small disk space (16 GB) so I installed one of the texlive packages (via Debian Repositories using apt). I needed certain features that forced me to download ...
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TeX Studio won't recognize biblatex package
I am using TeX Studio on a linux computer (Ubuntu 18.04) with texlive. Inside TeX Studio, Whenever I try to build a document that uses the biblatex package, I get the error "File biblatex.sty not ...
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TexStudio Error: Could not start the command: biber "..."
I have a problem in TeXstudio that I cannot run biber. I get the following error message.
Error: Could not start the command: biber ...
Biber is installed on my PC with POP!_OS 21.04 / Ubuntu Linux. ...
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tlmgr: Cannot load TeX Live database from
I recently installed Tex Live 2021 (on ubuntu 16.04) and it partially works but now I am running into trouble when I try to install packages.
I haven't seen my combination of problems anywhere here so ...
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