Questions tagged [latex]
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How to fix blurred PDF preview in TeXstudio under fractional scaling?
I am using fractional scaling in Kubuntu 20.04.
When I compile a .tex file in TeXstudio, the preview of the output is blurred (however, the generated PDF is not blurred when viewed in Okular or ...
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tlmgr not found when run as root
I have installed TeXLive and added /usr/local/texlive/2019/bin/x86_64-linux to my $PATH through /etc/environment, so I should be able to run tlmgr from the terminal. I am able to do that as non-root ...
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Miktex unable to install due to dependencies (Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS) [duplicate]
I can't install MikTex. The miktex site suggest that Ubuntu 20.04 is supported, but upon installing I get:
The following packages have unmet dependencies.
miktex : Depends: libboost-locale1.65.1 but ...
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How to install Texmaker 4.0.1?
I'm new to LaTeX, but want to get started for real; settled for Texmaker; now checked the version (and changelog) and noticed a discrepancy between what I've got installed (3.4) and what's been ...
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How to use XeLaTeX with TeXstudio in Ubuntu 20.04?
I am trying to compile a .tex file in Ubuntu 20.04, and it needs XeLaTeX.
While I can compile it in the command line with xelatex file.tex, it is not working in TeXstudio.
Fatal Package fontspec Error:...
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"Render mathematics" is inactive in Inkscape
I recently installed Inkscape on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and I'd like to use the builtin latex support, but when I go to Extensions > Render > Mathematics > pdflatex, the button is grey, so ...
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How can I install GNOME LaTeX on Ubuntu 21.10?
LaTeXila, now GNOME LaTeX, is my favorite LaTeX editor on GNOME, but unfortunately its package on Ubuntu/Debian is outdated: it provides LaTeXila 3.22.0 instead of GNOME LaTeX 3.38.
A problem with ...
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What does kpsewhere do?
Hello Ubuntu community,
I had a look at this page
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/160702/how-do-i-write-documents-using-llncs-cls-without-having-to-put-it-in-the-same-fo
to fix a similar issue ...
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tex-common error when trying to install texlive -- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
I'm trying to install texlive.
I "purged" texlive after a "successful" installation in Ubuntu 20.04 on a new machine produced a situation where I could not compile any of the *.tex ...
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PGFPLOTs incomplete grid, missing minor grid from both up and right sides
I am making a file with pgfplot package and I want the grid to be with minor grids line complete from both sides, this is my trial:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\usepackage{...
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calling pdflatex from command line
I just updated to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and installed Latex according to here. I added
export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2017/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/usr/local/texlive/2017/...
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how to verify pdflatex installed and available in PATH
I have Ubuntu 20 with Grafana and following the github link for the setup of pdf.
https://github.com/IzakMarais/reporter/blob/master/readme.md
I have installed pdflatex with below commands.
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remove miktex from terminal
I have installed MiKTeX on Ubuntu 20.04.2.
Unfortunately, I have upgraded MiKTeX and now Ubuntu is not booting; I would like to uninstall MiKTeX now.
In this discussion, instructions are given Remove ...
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Restore `/usr/bin/latex` on ubuntu [duplicate]
I wanted to uninstall texlive on ubuntu and used apt remove texlive but some program still found /usr/bin/latex so I removed that by hand (rm). When I reinstalled texlive with apt install texlive the /...
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Texlive 2021: tlmgr
I have installed Texlive 2021 on Ubuntu 21.04 on a new laptop. There aren't previous version of Texlive in the system.
I have had to install it as root user since, while trying to install it as simple ...
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How does `apt-cache` work?
Please forgive the stupidity of this question as I am a Linux/Ubuntu noob.
I came across the apt-cache search command in another question while searching for ways to get the LaTeX href package to work ...
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Installing texlive-fonts-extra messing up i3's font-awesome icons
My setup: Ubuntu 20.04, i3 WM
Font-awesome obtained using: apt install fonts-font-awesome.
I ventured towards using latex offline. I currently have texlive-latex-extra installed. All good till here.
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Evince is no longer auto-reloading documents. How can I troubleshoot this?
Evince (the pdf viewer) used to reload my .pdf files after I compiled them in LaTeX. However, this behavior has recently stopped to the point where I have to manually reload Evince (control + R) to ...
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Installing Latex on Virtualenv
I'm trying to install latex on virtualenv as a part of my project being uploaded to heroku. I used pip install texlive-latex-extra also easy_install texlive-latex-extra for packages texlive-base,...
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Latex Installation with TeX Collection 2020 DVD
Am running Ubuntu 20.04. Yesterday I installed LaTeX using DVD TexCollection 2020. everything went find. set the PATH.rebooted.
tried running xelatex on my file: xelatex testfile.tex
did not work. It ...
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Unable to view pdf output in lyx
Unable to view pdf output in lyx
It says "successful preview of the format: PDF(pdflatex)". I have removed lyx and reinstalled it but the problem still remains.
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Inkscape Latex renderer fontsize doesn't match text
I want to render Latex equations in my Inkscape drawing with Extensions → Render → Latex. I want to render them directly at a specific fontsize for consistency and to match the fontsize to the figure ...
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I am not able to update TexStudio in Ubuntu 15.04
After opening TexStudio I got a message to update from version 2.8.4 to 2.9.4. After downloading the needed package, Ubuntu Software Center opens and it says that:
Breaks in the package texstudio-...
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MathJax not properly rendered on Ubuntu [closed]
As you know, some sites associated to Stack Exchange require MathJax to display equations in a Latex-type format. However, this is how this link looks in my computer:
I installed Ubuntu a few days ...
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18.04: Cannot install texlive-full
I freshly installed Ubuntu 18.04 last week, meaning I have not upgraded from 16.04, rather formatted the hard drive and installed 18.04.
I am trying to install texlive-full, but whenever I use:
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Problem install texlive-xetex
After running
sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex
I get
Ign:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 texlive-fonts-recommended all 2017.20180305-1 ...
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What's the easiest way to get started with LaTeX?
I'd like to learn and use LaTeX on Ubuntu. What packages do I need? What is the best editor for LaTeX code on Ubuntu for a new LaTeX user? I'd also like the ability to see the code in one pane and ...
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How to configure Latex Ubuntu18.04 for tcexam
So, i installed tcexam in localhost. I tried to made test for students. But, when i write mathematic formula with Latex, i got
Can anyone help me to resolve this?
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Installing the latest texlive via command line on ubuntu 18.04 LTS virtual machine
Today, I installed texlive by sudo apt-get install texlive-full.
Then I found out that's not the latest version, so I uninstalled it.
I have read some threads related to it, but I am getting more ...
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Any solution to write equations while filling pdf?
I was finding a way of how to fill pdf. here is some solutions. But I want to fill not only regular texts, but some complex mathematical equations.
So, is there any solution, that will allow me to ...
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Special characters substitution stopped working in Kile (compose key)
This question is a duplicate of this post on TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange, but, since I strongly suspect that my problem is due to a bug in KDE/Kile, I thought it would be appropriate here as well. So ...
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Missing files after installing texlive-extra-utils
I've recently switched from U16.04 to U20.04.
For my work, I use a lot latex. After installing the all packages, including texlive-extra-utils, the scripts/programs pdfjoin, pdf90, pdf180, and pdf270 ...
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TexMaker opens the tex file in a different path
I am not sure if I called the problem correctly. I have Mixtex and TexMaker (the latest versions) installed on my PC with ubuntu 20.04. I want to run tex files on my usb drive. But when I open a tex ...
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Install texlive-full in Ubuntu 18.04
I'm trying to install texlive-full and unfortunately, the answer here could not help!
Error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some ...
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Latex equations in GIMP?
I want to use GIMP to design a scientific poster.
Is there a plugin or something to insert and edit latex equations in GIMP?
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Getting snap apps access to LaTeX
Did anyone find a workaround to the issue of snap apps not getting access to external stuff?
For instance, TeXText, a famous LaTeX plugin for Inkscape won't work anymore because:
TexText for Inkscape ...
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Configure doc on ubuntu from .tex and install files
I am using a simulation software named Version5 and using it successfully. But I can not configure the doc of it. The docs are in a different directory as mentioned by the readme file.
The directory ...
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How to write math in kdenlive?
I'm interested in create a math fashion video, and realized I need to type several math equations to display. If is a basic stuff this could be done with the title options in kdenlive and unicode ...
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LaTex code on Firefox
I am currently attending a Machine Learing course on Coursera. There are video lectures and some reading material. On the webpages of the reading material there are some formulas written in LaTeX, but ...
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Using MLA format for bibtex with LaTeX
I am on Ubuntu 20.04 and need to use MLA format for citing my resources for a presentation and cannot find a way to do that using Bibtex. I have tried numerous things described in suggestions found ...
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Rmarkdown can't install Tinytex
I can't see to get this to work. I installed miktex using instructions at https://miktex.org/howto/install-miktex-unx. I installed with install.packages('tinytex') and then when I do tinytex::...
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Package missing from texlive?
I have the latest texlive distribution, which I installed via sudo apt install texlive-full
Now I would like to install the package tuda-ci, which is available on CTAN here. I am a bit confused: it ...
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Install MikTex in custom location Ubuntu 18.04
I'm following this guide to install miktex in my Ubuntu 18.04. However, I want to install it in a custom location (~/Softwares/MikTex). Is it possible to do this? If yes how?
The reason I need to do ...
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can't open simple pdf created with latex with gscan2pdf
So, I want to make one pdf from multiple. For this, I decided to use gscan2pdf. I have a bunch of "image-pdfs" that open just fine.
I have to insert a page with just a few lines of text on ...
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Missing letltxmacro.sty after LaTeX TexStudio installation
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04. I installed TexStudio via aptitude. But when I try to build a document, I get in TexStudio the following error:
File `letltxmacro.sty' not found. \RequirePackage{letltxmacro}[...
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How to export a Gnumeric table into Latex under Ubuntu 14.04?
According to the Gnumeric manual available at http://www.fifi.org/doc/gnumeric-doc/html/C/, Latex 2e is one of the supported file formats, available via the Save as... dialog.
Using Ubuntu 14.04 ...
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Running LaTeX via command line on Ubuntu server
On an Ubuntu 10 server (yes, not the latest version anymore), I would like to run LaTeX so that I can invoke the program via command line and pass .tex files to compile. Is this possible?
TeX Live ...
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MiKTeX installation problems
I am trying to fix a MiKTeX installation on Ubuntu 18.04, or at least I would like to remove it and all its packages in order to install TexLive.
I tried to install it a couple of weeks ago, ...
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How to install Miktex on Lubuntu [duplicate]
I am having Lubuntu 18.04 and want to install miktex, but when I install it shows unmet dependencies because I think it is for Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04. Is there any way I can install it on Lubuntu?
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Problem due to package dependency between `texlive-bibtex-extra` and `biber` in TeXLive 2019 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS virtual machine
I am a beginner level user of Ubuntu (18.04 LTS virtual machine). I have installed the TeXLive 2019 via command line:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonathonf/texlive-2019
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-...
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