Questions tagged [latex]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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Connecting JabRef to LibreOffice under Ubuntu 18.04
I am used to using Latex for writing reports. Except for this time I am given a template and I am obliged to use LibreOffice. Given that all my references are in a .bib file, I decided to use JabRef. ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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.
# apt-get ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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"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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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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