Questions tagged [latex]
LaTeX is a document markup language document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. Note that http://tex.stackexchange.com is specifically dedicated to LaTeX (and TeX) questions.
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Pregenerating ConTeXt MarkIV format. This may take some time... takes forever
Hey there I tried to install latex using the follwing commands in ubuntu 16.04:
sudo apt-get install texlive-full texstudio
Then I finally came to the point with the following output:
Setting up ...
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MiKTeX Console has closed unexpectedly in Ubuntu 22.04 and switching to TeXLive
I have been using MiKTeX in my Ubuntu machine for a long time without any problem. But today, I faced a problem after compiling my document with a new package. This is what appeared:
Relaunching ...
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Every time the same error when installing [duplicate]
Whenever I install something (must happened when I re-installed Lyx somehow..) I receive following output, e.g. for qpdfview:
user@system:~$ sudo apt-get install qpdfview
[sudo] password for user:
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Minimal latex installation for headless server
I have a (headless) server running Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS.
I would like to install latex, mainly to embed latex fonts in plots
with Python/matplotlib.
Is there a minimimal latex installation option which ...
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Inserting latex text in an image using gimp
I want to insert a latex text in an image I created with GIMP.
Is it possible using GIMP? If not, is there any other way to do this?
Can I use geogebra or something similar?
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How to open Sketch in Ubuntu 14.04 [closed]
I recently installed sketch (UI Design Software) on my Ubuntu 14.04 machine. It's showing 'installed' but I am unable to open it. When I search sketch in search box nothing comes.
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Converting EPUB to PDF using Pandoc
I want to convert my test.epub to PDF format using Pandoc. I tried (given here)
pandoc -f epub -t test.epub -o outfile.pdf
which throws the following error:
cannot produce pdf output from pdf
I ...
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How can I convert a .tex file to a PDF via the command line?
Is there a package that contains a TeX to PDF converter/renderer available on Ubuntu 12.04?
If not, can you recommend a tool for me to download from elsewhere that can do this that is simple to ...
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Using Texlive installed in Windows for Ubuntu
I have both Win7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I use Texlive 2012 with Texmaker in Win7. Is it possible to use it (Texlive) in Ubuntu so I won't have to download 2Gb again! I hope it was clear.
(I'm newbie in ...
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How to properly install and use texlive with package manager
I would like to know how to properly install, and use texlive along with the package manager tlmgr in Ubuntu. Here is what I did to install texlive:
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base texlive-...
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Problem with elsarticle: Missing } inserted. \end{frontmatter}
I am working with elsarticle to write a paper and I have the following problem. The .tex file doesn't compile because of the following problem (along with several others that I assume are because of ...
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Unable to use latex in inkscape
I am trying to use latex in inkscape but it is not working. I installed all the required packages (e.g inkscape-version 1.0.2, texlive-base, pdflatex, pdf2svg, python-lxml , python-gi). The operating ...
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Latex Workshop error: Cannot find LaTeX root file
I recently changed from Windows to Ubuntu because I'm learning to code. I used to write my class assignments in LaTeX using vscode and Latex Workshop. However, I've tried to set it up in Ubuntu and I'...
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What is the best way of linking images and their credits?
I am wondering if anyone has a good solution for storing images and their credits, so that it's easy to attribute the correct credit to the correct image in, for instance, LaTeX or similar software.
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Install latest version of tex
I am trying to install texlive-full from the terminal. I issued two commands.
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
sudo apt-get update
I also tried -
sudo apt-get upgrade texlive-full
Despite of all ...
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texlive+pdflatex fontawesome.sty not found
I installed texlive with:
sudo apt-get install texlive
and I use pdflatex that I think is shipped by texlive:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.24 (TeX Live 2022/Debian) (preloaded format=...
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use texlive simply on ubuntu 20.04
I installed Latex on Ubuntu 20.04 using
$sudo apt install texlive
now I am trying to install a package using
$tlmgr install fullpage
or
$tlmgr --verify-repo=none install fullpage
(running on Debian, ...
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How to install and connect MathJax to Jupyter notebook 5.2.1?
I have Jupyter notebook from the Anaconda distribution.
I recently updated Jupyter with the command conda update notebook.
I am interested to know how to use the LaTex format with Jupyter.
Apparently, ...
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How can I install Miktex on Jammy Jellyfish?
In the MikTex website, they only give download information for ubuntu Focal Fossa. Using apt does not work either (uninstallable dependencies)
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Setting TeX Live path for root
I have installed TeX Live 2011 vanilla and I have trouble setting the TeX Live path for root (in Ubuntu 11.10).
The problem is that when I run sudo tlmgr I get:
sudo: tlmgr: command not found
To ...
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Pycharm not detecting the installed Latex distribution
Previously, I had installed texlive using sudo apt install texlive-full. Pycharm was able to detect the installed Latex distribution. However, apt installs only 2019 texlive version. I wanted to use ...
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Failing to configure tex-common on Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
I have had a problem with my Software Updater for some time, for some reason it was producing an error message saying the problem was coming from tex-common. I can not reproduce this error because I ...
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Okular pdf closes the previous window when clicking on hyperlink
Im using Okular 23.04.0 with Kubuntu. I create pdf documents with Kile-latex. I have hyperlinks to other pdfs created and always when I click on the hyperlink it opens a new pdf and closes an old one. ...
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Warning message while rendering LaTeX in Inkscape
I installed pdflatex-full.
When I try to export a math expression using LaTeX in Inkscape 1.1 (with Extension -> Render -> Mathematics -> LaTeX (pdflatex) (in Inkscape 1.2, it is Extensions -&...
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Shortcut for Render LaTeX Equation in Inkscape?
I need to use the LaTeX equation extension in Inkscape (Extensions -> Render -> Mathematics -> LaTeX (pdflatex)) (In Inkscape 1.2, it is Extensions -> Render -> Formula (pdflatex)).
It ...
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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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Okular seems to have problems with inverse search for subdirectories (14.04)
I am having trouble with the inverse search feature of okular. I am running Ubuntu 14.04.
I compiled a document (MWE see below) and had issues. In fact I compile using the same settings in kile and ...
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Pinch Zoom in VS Code PDF Viewer?
After moving from Windows 11 to Ubuntu 22.04, I have been getting used to the new features, but something I am missing is using the trackpad to pinch to zoom in various applications.
One specific case ...
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How to install Mathpix Snip in Ubuntu 22.04 using terminal?
I installed Mathpix Snip in Ubuntu 20.04 by following the following instructions from their documentation:
Getting Snip app and launching it from your Terminal (Advanced)
Open your terminal. And ...
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Having issues installing Miktex (and compile Latex code)
I believe I have installed Miktex, because when I run miktex --version I get One MiKTeX Utility 1.7 (MiKTeX 23.4)
However, I cannot run simple latex code. I tried sudo apt-get update but surprisenly I ...
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Error running MiKTex in Ubuntu 22
I have a newly installed Ubuntu 22.04 in my system. I installed the 'texlive-full' for MiKTeX. I even installed TeXMaker and added the path in there /home/usr/bin. But I still get this error message ...
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I want to use beamer-latex in Ubuntu. using the Kile version of latex. Compiling frequently responds 'pfgcore.sty missing' what to do?
I want to use beamer-latex with Kile for Ubuntu. Compiling with pdf-latex or latex responds
with 'pfgcore.sty missing', what should I do?
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How to use LaTeX with Blender?
I'm using a custom add on for the 3d program Blender to write latex.
The add on needs to know where the latex installation is:
I know I have latex Installed (texlive) but whatever path I have tried ...
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tikz package not found in repository
I'm trying to install package tikz.
I was using texlive 2019, and got this error message when trying to install tikz via tlmgr:
tlmgr install: package tikz not present in repository
I purged the ...
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Texmaker asks about document encoding everytime I open a document
Every time I open a document in Texmaker it says:
It seems that this file cannot be correctly decoded with the default encoding setting (UTF-8). Use this encoding:
and it suggests ISO-8859-1 ...
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How can I install latex on Ubuntu 20.04.5
I cannot install latex on Ubuntu 20.04.5 via the commands:
sudo apt install -y texlive
sudo apt install -y texlive-full
I got the response: no texlive and no texlive-full
Could you please help me?
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Broken Packages Held when installing Miktex
I was trying to install latex on Ubuntu 22.04 by installing miktex. After following the steps outlined on the website, I ran into the following error message:
Some packages could not be installed. ...
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How do I install the LaTeX opensans package?
I have just upgraded to 12.04. I have always used LaTeX opensans package (www.ctan.org/pkg/opensans) and never had problems with it in Ubuntu. Now I installed it the same way as I always did but I ...
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How to use revtex4-2 with Ubuntu 18.04?
I've installed texlive-publishers; but, still I'm getting the error in kile: file revtex4-2.cls not found on Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS system.
How to use revtex4-2 with Ubuntu?
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Unable to install texlive on Impish [duplicate]
When I try to install the texlive distribution using:
sudo apt install texlive
I get the following output:
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading
state information......
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cannot use make to create pdf
I am trying to compile the C ref posted by Stallman https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/c-intro-and-ref.git
and I am getting this error when I try to run make c.pdf:
c-intro-and-ref$ make c.pdf
tex ...
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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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Installing Latex Packages in TexLive/TexStudio
I am using TexLive and TexStudio, and am trying to install the bbm and physics latex packages. I have followed the instructions from this page: https://scholar.princeton.edu/scuellar/blog/2014/02/...
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cmake project involving UseLATEX.cmake builds but fails to create output PDF. What am I doing wrong?
In manual folder on Ubuntu 22.04 I have files manual.tex, A.tex, B.tex, C.tex, D.tex (the chapters), UseLATEX.cmake, and CMakeLists.txt.
CMakeLists.txt contains:
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
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How do I sign a PDF file with a CA certificate (.crt)?
I have obtained a CA certificate (a .cert file) issued by Deutsche Bundesdruckerei to digitally sign PDF files. Now I'm wondering how to sign PDF files on Linux in general and Ubuntu in particular.
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Using Alacritty to write LaTeX (with vim) can't launch Evince to preview
I use Neovim to write LaTeX files with the Alacritty terminal. After writing the files I want to preview them with Evince. However, Evince doesn't launch. I don't know why. If I use the default ...
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How to match LaTeX fonts in LibreOffice Writer?
I created a document in LaTeX (without specifying any fonts), and now I'm trying to re-create it in LibreOffice Writer, but it looks very different due to the fonts used.
What fonts can I choose in ...
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Latex Compilation from Gedit External Tools Using $HOME folder based Texlive
I relocated /usr/local/texlive(2020) to $HOME folder and renamed "/usr/share/texlive" to disable its effects.
The latex file gets compiled successfully from command prompt but not from "...
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Getting "LaTeX Error: File `tempora.sty' not found."
I am getting "LaTeX Error: File `tempora.sty' not found." I suppose a tex package needs to be installed. Which one?
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Unable to install MikTex on Ubuntu 20.04.3
I'm trying to install MikTex on Ubuntu 20.04.3. In the step of updating (sudo apt-get update), I get the following error (Err:1 https://ctan.mines-albi.fr/systems/win32/miktex/setup/deb focal ...
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