From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: adam Subject: Re: newbie which LaTeX for PDF publish Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:58:16 +1200 Message-ID: <1535875096.24200.12.camel@orcon.net.nz> References: <1535796759.17442.18.camel@orcon.net.nz> <20180901143423.07ad6bf9@happy.intern.roklein.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38587) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNHH-0000ed-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:58:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNHD-0006l5-Si for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:58:35 -0400 Received: from smtp-1.orcon.net.nz ([60.234.4.34]:44939) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNHD-0006jX-H9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 03:58:31 -0400 Received: from [121.98.229.241] (port=55595 helo=[10.1.1.8]) by smtp-1.orcon.net.nz with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fwNH9-0001yN-VK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2018 19:58:28 +1200 In-Reply-To: <20180901143423.07ad6bf9@happy.intern.roklein.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sat, 2018-09-01 at 14:34 +0200, Robert Klein wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 01 Sep 2018 22:12:39 +1200 > adam wrote: > > > > > Am on Ubuntu 16.04, org-version is 8.2.10  > > > > Export to PDF C-c C-e l o  is working.  > > However I wish finer grain LaTeX control.  > > > > > > For Export to PDF to work, I needed  pdftex   > > > > So I followed one suggestion and installed     > > sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-extra  > > > > However Tex's tlmgr reports errors and doesn't work. Tex users > > suggest a version incompatibility between that tlmgr and this Tex > > package.  > > > > Any suggestions are welcome.  > > > > Perhaps I should un-install texlive-latex-extra  and install a more > > fully blown LaTex package. In which case, which one? > I typically install texlive-full (Debian 9), but don't use tlmgr on it. > > If you want newer packages best download and install it from > texlive.net to a separate location (e.g. /opt/texlive/$YEAR). > > Are you sure you don't have pdftex installed already? > > Is your Ubuntu an “update” installation that may have gone wrong?  Or > does Ubuntu offer several tex/latex distributions?  I think most people > nowadays use the texlive distribution. > > Best regards > Robert Thanks Robert.  No, I didn't have a pdftex beforehand, so I needed that from any Tex/LaTeX/TexLive system.  It was perhaps my mistake to install  texlive-extra  because tlmgr doesn't work properly, tlmgrgui seems unavailable, thus I can't list my currently available fonts or load new packages.  With some hesitation or regret, I feel must install a full-blown TeX Live system, simply for some help or control with the Tex of the org-mode LaTeX PDF export.     I found this link below, which suggests using the TeX Live Installer https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1092/how-to-install-vanilla-texlive-on-debian-or-u buntu?noredirect=1&lq=1  Thank you.