Latex on Ubuntu

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This is what I did to get TeX/Latex working on Ubuntu 10.04. Note, this is not the only way... Also, this may have some redundant packages.

There is a Winefish program to edit the latex files, but you can do it using gedit or emacs if you know most of the commands or have a good example or template. A good editor would have syntax highlighting and auto spell-check.

Install some packages to get pdflatex, "xelatex"" and other tools. Note, there is no package named pdflatex.

sudo apt-get install tex-common
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base 
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra
sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex

Get some fonts to avoid the infamous missing 'ptmri7t' error.

sudo apt-get install texlive-fonts-recommended


You can create the pdf document from TeX like this

pdflatex mydoc.tex

I find it useful creating a makefile that will do this and some other tasks, such as cleaning up the log files and such.

Updated install for 11.04

sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra


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