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| ====== How to install TeX Live on Linux ====== | ====== How to install TeX Live on Linux ====== |
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| Slackware installs [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/|TeX Live]] by default. However, extra packages and documentation require root permissions to install. This HOWTO explains how to install TeX Live as a non-root user. | Slackware installs [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/|TeX Live]] by default. However, extra packages and documentation require root permissions to install (''texlive-extra'' and ''texlive-docs''), and they are not a full installation. This HOWTO explains how to install TeX Live as a non-root user. |
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| ===== Shared non-root installation ===== | ===== Shared non-root installation ===== |
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| Use [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html|tlmgr]] (already installed with TeX Live) to install new packages. | Use [[https://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html|tlmgr]] (already installed with TeX Live) to install new packages. |
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| | ===== LaTeX editing ===== |
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| You can use [[https://kile.sourceforge.io/|Kile]] (already installed by Slackware) to edit and compile LaTeX files. If you like Vim or Neovim, [[https://github.com/lervag/vimtex|VimTeX]] is a great plugin. | You can use [[https://kile.sourceforge.io/|Kile]] (already installed by Slackware) to edit and compile LaTeX files. If you like Vim or Neovim, [[https://github.com/lervag/vimtex|VimTeX]] is a great plugin. |
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| For reference management, [[https://www.jabref.org/|JabRef]] is good for [[https://www.bibtex.org/|BibTeX]]. I can install it for you. | For reference management, [[https://www.jabref.org/|JabRef]] is good for [[https://www.bibtex.org/|BibTeX]]. I can install it for you. |
