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LaTeX filepaths in Ubuntu
I'm sorry, this is quite a specific and esoteric question, but I thought if anyone could help...
Well, anyway, last night I used ls to look at a directory and noticed some junk hidden files I didn't ...
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TexLive can't find wrapfig.sty while package is installed
I am currently trying to create a report with LaTex. I have installed the Ubuntu packages texlive and texlive-latex-extra.
When I try to compile my document I get the error:
! LaTeX Error: File ...
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Why does Texmaker install Texlive without informing?
I am using Lubuntu 13.04. I installed Texmaker from Lubuntu Software Center, and it downloaded and installed Texlive without giving the dependency information before installation. Moreover, Texlive is ...
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Can I create an alias for a font? [closed]
I have a XeTeX document which I compile on two different machines, one running OSX and the other Ubuntu.
On OSX I have the font Palatino installed, and on Ubuntu I have a similar one named TeX Gyre ...
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Tex Live 2009 still being used instead of 2012 [duplicate]
I recently downloaded and installed Tex Live 2012 from here and there were no problems. Once it finished, it output the following message
Welcome to TeX Live!
Logfile: ...
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its about update problem with ubuntu 11 10
I'm new in to use Ubuntu,(11 10) and I have some problem when i try to update or install any software(i have realize when i tried to install latex). I have tried to solve this issue by changing to ...
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Cannot add languages to Spellcheck in TeXWorks
I use TeXWorks to edit my LaTeX files. Under spellcheck, the only options that I have are UK English and South African English, and I would like to install more languages.
In /usr/share/myspell/dicts ...
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Markdown, LaTeX combined in WYSIWYG editor. Is there any?
I really like the way markdown is implemented in SE bunch of sites, where I can easily write code blocks, performing formatting or even use latex on some of sites like writing $\pi$. I also like how ...
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How to install chemfig through apt-get
I'm doing some LaTeX and I need the chemfig package.
As usual, I type the package name in synaptic but this time nothing matches the search.
Does anyone know how to install it ?
Is it possible ...
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“latex it!” button (add-on for Thunderbird) not accessible?
They say here that it works great after..
manually adding the "LaTeX it!" button
But how does on manually adds a "LaTeX it!" button?
without it there is no way to use this add-on. I'm
not sure ...
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SSD tweaks for Ubuntu 12.04 cause Texmaker to compile a lot slower
I added these tweaks from Ubuntu SSD Tweak and Ubuntu Tweaks but now Texmaker is compiling slowly. Does someone know what tweak would be causing this? Or could I edit something unrelated to the ...
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Where are installed the binaries of Texlive?
After installing Texlive 2012 trought the texlive-backports ppa on Ubuntu 12.04, I cannot find it in /usr/local/. Why?
I need to find the path to the binaries so I can add that to TeXstudio.
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How to sudo apt-get install all latex CJK?
Is there a way to just install latex packages with sudo apt-get install ??
like for https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/quantal/latex-cjk-chinese/ and also the japanese and korean ones?
I'm on ...
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How to set the LaTeX font size in inkscape?
In inkscape using Extensions->Render->LaTeX formula you can enter LaTeX into your Inkscape image. The default font is huge however. How can you change it to something smaller?
Alternatively, is ...
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cannot install texlive [duplicate]
I have installed texlive before, and it worked well;
But after I installed gnome, the cmd pdflatex can not work.
moon@moon-Rev:~$ pdflatex
The program 'pdflatex' is currently not installed. You can ...
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setting up vim with latex suite
I am trying to setup vim with latex suite. I have installed vim from the terminal prompt
sudo apt-get install vim
but
sudo apt-get install latex-suite or latexsuite
doesn't do anything. What ...
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How to install Texmaker 4.0.1 (released a few days ago)?
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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Lyx doesn't work (can't find cls files)
I installed Lyx in my system, but it I just can't make it work. Every time I open any file, I get a message similar to this one:
The selected document class
article
requires external files that ...
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How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?
Ubuntu 12.04 still includes the outdated and obsolete 2009 version of TeX Live. Other than installing manually from the TeX Live website, is there any alternative to install the latest 2012 version on ...
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Latex, Kile IDE, Ubuntu 12.10
I have been using Latex for a while on Windows but I just converted my Windows machine to Ubuntu only now. Unfortunately, I have never used Kile before. I have downloaded texlive 2012 and Kile. How ...
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TeXstudio: content-assistant popup window is unreadable
I would like to use this program but I do not know how to display context-sensitive help (see figure below) without a black background. I use Ubuntu 12.10 and I don't know what other information might ...
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Problem with Latex Packages Ubuntu 12.04
I'm writing a latex document in TeXworks and I'm having some problems with a couple of packages I'm using in my file, amsrefs.sty and pcatcode.sty. For some reason TeXworks decided it didn't like ...
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Removing and re-installing texlive 2012
I have a problem with texlive. For some reason I couldn't load the siunitx package anymore. Because I had problems with Texlive before, I accidently installed 2 versions next to each other with them ...
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Problems installing TeX Live 2012 on 12.04
The Tex Live included in Ubuntu 12.04 is very old (2009), and I would like to install the latest version to be able to edit the Ubuntu manual.
How do I do that from the terminal?
Hello, my name is ...
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11.10 spell checking and TeXworks
When I use TeXworks there is no automatic spell checking.
If I go Edit -> Spelling, the only option I have is none
How can I enable spell checking?
Thanks for your help
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Why is the LaTeXDraw logo so big in Xfce 4.10?
Is there a bug in XFCE desktop? Namely, I can see some weird "XD"-letters when I try to open LaTeXDraw. Letters seem to be much bigger than the normal logo. It does not affect my mouse. I'm using Xfce ...
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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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GUI for the diction tool
I just stumbled upon the excellent diction tool. It's great to check the writing style of my LaTeX files, the problem is, however, I can only use it through the command line. The output, while being ...
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Unable to locate package texlive
I had a problem with texlive on my ubuntu 12.10. It could not find setspace.sty and tlmgr didn't work. I googled it a little but i couldn't figure it out how to solve it (i'm a rookie)
So i removed ...
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install koma-script for texworks on ubuntu [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?
I was updating my resume and since I had recently switched to using Ubuntu and Latex I decided I would rewrite it in this ...
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How do I add the latex backport PPAs to synaptic in 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?
I would like to synaptic to have access to the repository files on this website:
http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html
I ...
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No Xelatex in texlive 2012
just installed texlive 2012 on my ubuntu and I have no xelatex.
There is one in Mac distribution. Is Ubuntu's "special"? I'll be glad for help.
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How to convert .tex into .odt?
I wish to convert a .tex file into an .odt file.
Can you suggest a good step-by-step solution?
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How to share architecture-independent latex files across multiple setups
I have 3 ubuntu computers, 2 of them running 32-bit and one 64-bit. I want to install latex and texmaker on all of them. However, the downloads are pretty large and i don't want to unnecessarily ...
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upgrading latex pgfplots in ubuntu 12.04
I have pgfplots for LaTeX installed but I'm not sure how to upgrade it to the newest version. When I do a search for pgfplots, it returns lots of folders... The sourceforge download has a zip file for ...
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Is there a mind mapping software that can handle latex?
I run Lubuntu 12.04 and after several terrible experiences with libre office I downloaded core and have not touched it since april. I find kile ok and have been learning to use that and writing with ...
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How to deal with configuration style warnings occuring from TexLive 2012 installation?
I followed the advice of izx on how to install TexLive 2012 using the texlive-backports PPA. Before I started I removed all TexLive-related packages. The installation finished and everything seems to ...
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apt-get errors after TeX Live 2012 update with tlmgr
I am running TeX Live 2012 on Ubuntu Precise. For the installation I followed this tutorial. Yesterday, I updated the packages (about 40 items) for Tex Live 2012 using the following tool.
$ sudo ...
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How can the Ubuntu font be used with LyX or LaTeX?
I use LyX for creating documents and would like to be able to format the output of my documents so that they use the Ubuntu font.
In the LyX document settings, it appears that there are only a fixed ...
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Using gnome-open to open pdf files
I configured evince to be my default application to open pdf files (using Open with... and clicking on always opening pdf files with this application), but when I type gnome-open foo.pdf instead of ...
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What's wrong with lualatex?
I'm not sure if this is a bug or I've done something wrong (or I simply don't know luatex well enough). This minimal example file test.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{luacode}
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Serious bug in poppler which effects evince printing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I report a bug?
There is a rather serious bug in poppler which passes bad characters to Cairo when printing pdfs through evince. The problem pdfs I have come ...
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TeX Live 2010 or 2011 in 11.10?
Will Ubuntu 11.10 ship with TeX Live 2010 or 2011? It seems Debian will package TeX Live 2011 and TeX Live 2011 has now been released.
See also: needs-packaging request on launchpad.
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Bug installing tex/latex/texlive packages makes subsystem unusable [closed]
I am having problems installing tex/latex/texlive packages on 12.04.
My setup:
> cat /etc/issue; uname -a
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS \n \l
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-33-generic-pae #52-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 18 ...
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Easy installation/removal of a LaTeX package
I used to use LaTeX in Windows and there was Miktex Package Manager with which it was very easy to add a missing package. I wanted to install textcomp to Ubuntu 11.10 and it requires me to download ...
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How to use gedit-latex-plugin?
I have installed the packages texlive and gedit-latex-plugin. I see syntax highlighting for .tex files, but I don't get any extra stuff in my gedit menus or toolbars for latex -> pdf like I expected ...
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Make environment variable accessible to application [closed]
In order to get LaTeX to work, I have set the environment variable TEXINPUTS, which includes a path to certain inputted files. It works fine if I'm calling latex (or rubber, or pdflatex) from the ...
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Howto install biber on Ubuntu 12.04
I have solved it. It is necessary to install the latest binary from the "development" folder, extract the only file called "biber" and copy it to "/usr/bin".
The binary of the latest stable version ...
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TexLive and Kile
I recently had upgraded my machine from a 12.04 installation to a 12.10 version. I use LaTeX for my publication work and therefore I use TexLive and Kile, both of which are on the Ubuntu Package list. ...
