Questions tagged [windows]
{windows} is for questions which are specific for the Microsoft Windows operating systems. Questions regarding MikTeX, a popular TeX distribution for Windows, should be tagged with {miktex} instead.
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Windows tester for a library?
I don't know if this is the place to ask that, but I don't know where else…
So I just finished the first version of my robust-externalize library (after doing an important rewrite, thanks a lot ...
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I can't get minted package to work under MikTeX in Windows
I'm trying to compile a document which needs the package minted, but it throws the same error over and over:
! Package minted Error: You must have `pygmentize' installed to use this package
I can't ...
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TeXstudio synctex not working in Windows
I just set up TeXstudio on Windows. Before, I was using it installed on WSL.
I am watching the same document (same build) in both installations, on the WSL TeXstudio synctex is working, on Windows not ...
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'"lilypond"' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
I am interested in using lyLuaTeX. I am used to Overleaf, but Overleaf seems incompatible with lyLuaTeX, so I have downloaded TeX Live and Texmaker. Page 5 of the lyLuaTeX documentation (https://ctan....
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ctexbook: fontset could not be found [closed]
Class ctexbook: CTeX fontset `' could not be found.
(ctexbook) Fontset `windows' will be used instead.
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How to use albatross with miktex on Windows?
I am trying to get albatross to work with miktex on a Windows machine. Trying albatross --version at the command line tells me albatross is not a recognized command. In my miktex installation, I see ...
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Cite and create bibliography in texstudio with IEEE Transaction template (Windows, Mendeley) [duplicate]
After I reviewed similar StackExchange questions, I've decided to ask;
I want to write an article using the IEEE transaction LaTeX template. I use Mendeley as a reference manager and TeXstudio as ...
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List of Acronyms not showing up (using glossaries package)
I am using following code to print list of acronyms. It shows the correct acronyms in the text but no list is produced (when I use it on my desktop computer). Refer to first image below.
However same ...
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Where does bibtex look for .bib files?
I'm trying to get bibtex to work using TeXworks, and I'm getting an error message saying that it can't find the .bib file. I've got the .bib file in the same folder where the .tex file is. Why can't ...
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Pygment for minted code listings in LyX
I just installed the pygments python module to use the minted highlighting in LyX. But LyX keeps showing that driver not found, and askes me to visit a fishy site.
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How to add ConTeXt to an existing Windows TeX Live installation?
I have TeX Live installed on Windows already and have been using LaTeX. I want to try out ConTeXt. But TLShell doesn't seem to have any way to install ConTeXt and trying to run the TeX Live install ...
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Windows - Move TeX Live to another directory
I'm going to move TeX Live to another directory to save space. I don't want to reinstall it.
I've read two questions here, Moving /texlive directory to save space (Linux) and How to move TeX Live to ...
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\ShellEscape fails in certain cases with lualatex
This question stems from my question here about minted and lualatex, with similar issues reported by another user here.
I think I've isolated the issue to the following. minted relies on \ShellEscape ...
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How to add texlive to texstudio path on windows 11?
I downloaded both Texlive and TexStudio but on compiling a document TexStuio says that there is no path to TexLive. How do I add TexLive to TexStudio?
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Is there any faster way to install TeXlive on Windows
I recently tried to introduce some fellow students to Latex. I myself used it on linux (ubuntu), and texlive installation trough apt takes about ~2 minutes. As it turns out installation of TeXlive ...
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TeXstudio does not find shell command with LuaLaTeX
I am relying on shell commands to include git information in my documents. This was working fine, but stopped recently. I am yet unable to figure out why.
Check the following MWE. Of course this would ...
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Windows - Texworks uses different preferences when launched by double-clicking a file
I use Texworks on Windows. I usually launch Texworks from the taskbar. One day I was in a hurry and launched it by clicking on a TeX file. Texworks launched but something was weird. For a split second ...
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Failed to run simple file Miktex with Window10
i had installed Miktex and updated it, tried this example:
\documentclass[]{article}
\begin{document}
hallow
\end{document}
i have this error:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-0.999994 (MiKTeX ...
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Tex Live installation fails on Windows 10 if username contains non-ascii character
I tried installing Tex Live on a typical Windows 10 system. 64-bit Intel with more than 100GB to spare. Less than a minute into the installation, the installer ended. Surprised that it ended so early ...
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Why are ConTeXt entries greyed out in Texworks bundled with a full MikTeX installation?
I installed MikTeX on Windows 10. I made sure every single package is installed and updated them to the latest version. When I open TeXworks bundled with MikTeX, I have a handful of options to compile ...
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Hyphenation with Gentium Plus won't work on Windows
LaTeX won't hyphenate a word
even though instructions were provided in
polyglossia's \pghyphenation. Any ideas?
I'm using MiKTeX LuaLaTeX.
UPDATE: It works as expected if I set the font to GentiumPlus-...
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Tex live 64 bit and Windows
According to https://tug.org/texlive/windows.html , Tex live on Windows has yet to support 64 bit. It is expected migrate to 64 bit next year. Then,
Are all packages on Unix and Mac already 64 bit?
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I can't get Asymptote to work under Windows 10
I have been using MetaPost for more than twenty years. Recently I came across Asymptote which seems to be a glorious rationalisation and generalisation of the wonderful tool that is MetaPost. I really ...
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Dozens of errors when updating TeX Live from command line: are they concerning?
I ran this line of code on the command line to update tlmgr itself and all packages.
tlmgr update --self --all
While the packages successfully updated, there was a significant amount of warning and ...
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Trying to reinstall TeXLive 2022 on win 10 I get an error
When I was trying to reinstall the texlive 2022 on win 10 , from instal-tl-windows.bat I got errors and the installation was aborted, the error message was :
Installing to: C:/texlive/2022
Installing [...
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"log file not found" in Texmaker with Windows 10 and MikTex
I have two PCs both running on Windows 10 that I installed on each machine several years ago. One PC is old and very slow, the newer one is much more powerful. I also downloaded and installed MikTeX ...
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How to pass code to asymptote from the command line?
I would like to pass some code into Asymptote from the Windows command line. I see in the Asymptote manual the command line option:
-u, -user string General purpose user string
I assumed this ...
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Problem Installing minted on Windows 11
I tried to install the minted package in LaTeX. I followed the instructions on https://alipourmousavi.com/blog/index.php/2018/02/08/using-minted-package-in-latex-to-format-codes/, except the part ...
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Texlive, Miktex, tex in Cygwin - are these redundant on Windows?
I have at least two Tex distributions installed on my Windows computer, and occasionally I use tex via Cygwin. I believe some of that is redundant:
Via Cygwin:
$where pdflatex
C:\cygwin64\bin\pdflatex
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Recovering texlive distribution from local files
I had texlive distribution full scheme installed on my windows 11 machine. Yesterday i had to downgrade to Windows 10 inorder to run Aspenplus software. But while doing so, I had to reset my PC. So ...
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How to change Windows path ('\') to LaTeX path ('/')?
Windows paths use backslash, but paths in LaTeX documents require foreslash.
When copying filepaths from Windows Explorer they will contain backslash.
I know that I could use a text editor using find &...
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LuaLaTeX windows system calls not functioning
I am using a light version of LuaLaTeX provided by TinyTeX.
I have a lua file: githelp.lua
function gitlogread()
local pip=io.popen("echo 'ANYTHING'")
gitid=pip:read()
pip:close()
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What Latex typing environment is best to use under Windows? [duplicate]
I am sure this question was asked before but please allow me to ask again, or to have an up to date feedback at least.
I actually am trying TexWorks editor / TexLive, but it doesn't quite seem ...
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Why does \getabspath not work
The file main.tex is in the current path (./main.tex). Its content is shown below.
Another file named da.tex is located in the subdirectory ddd(./ddd/da.tex). The content of da.tex is da.tex under ./...
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Why isn't `\elapsedtime` of xetex on windows stable?
% !TeX TS-program = xelatex
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\tex_resettimer:D
\int_step_inline:nnn { 1 } { 1000 }
{
#1\tex_par:D
}
\message{\fp_eval:n{\sys_timer:/65536}...
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tlmgr didn't install packages after self update on windows 10
I have a problem to install package. I found that I need to install update-tlmgr-latest.exe and the it will work but not. If I try to tlmgr install polski I had:
tlmgr itself needs to be updated.
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Why does the picture environment behave differently on Windows and Linux?
Here is a minimal working example:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\newdimen\somelength
\somelength=1pt
\begin{picture}(0,0)
\put(\somelength,0){Some text}
\end{picture}
\end{document}
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Minted causing emergency stop under windows 11
Using minted package caused my beamer emergency stop.
I have installed pygments and added -shell-escape.
After I deleted "\usepackage{minted}",there is no error.
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How to embed all fonts in PDF?
I am writing my thesis on LaTeX using TeXstudio and Texlive on PC with Windows 10.
I am using BT Charter, and for some reason I cannot get the font to embed to the .pdf file, and when I share the file ...
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pdftex with error 3.1415 ... cannot work after update with windows 10 and 11
PDFTEX cannot work, but PDFLATEX is working fine.
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Place my own custom package in a different folder
I have made my own LaTeX package, which I want to store in a different folder then where the main .tex file is. Like so:
/folder/latex_settings/preamble.tex
/custom_latex_library....
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Graphic size error in lyx
i am getting this error :
Latex error :cannot determine size of graphic
Try typing to proceed.
If that doesn't work, type X to quit.
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Image cache of dvipdfmx + xelatex breaks on certain paths?
Recently, I changed from using MiKTeX to TeX Live for easier sharing of setup & settings between PC's in our network. Most of the setup worked perfectly fine, but while trying to migrate our ...
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Why does Scientific Workplace 5.5 not work with Windows 11?
I installed Scientific Workplace 5.5 in both Windows 10 and 11. There were no troubles during installation. Once installed, the software runs smoothly on Windows 10, but in Windows 11 it does not ...
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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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Fatal Package fontspec Error: The fontspec package requires either XeTeX or (fontspec) LuaTeX
My setup is : vscode , miktek 4.7 ,strawberry perl, windows 10
I am new in latex , I can not figure out how to build pdf
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How to escape percent sign in shell command
I am working on a macro which will build revision history table in my document using Git tags.
Each published version of my document has a tag with short description.
I want to use them to ...
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Latex editor with Git integration [duplicate]
I am looking for a LaTeX IDE for Windows 10.
I see that only TexStudio has an SVN/Git option in the menu. However, it is unable to checkout from BitBucket.
Which LaTeX IDE is freeware, has a built-in ...
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TeXstudio compatibility with Windows 11
I am configuring a new Windows 11 machine. I've installed TeX Live 2021, and TeXstudio 4.2.2, both apparently without incident.
When I try to run TeXstudio, I am told: "application was unable to ...
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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....
