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LaTeX is a macro package implemented on Don Knuth's TeX programming language and is used primarily for creating high quality written documents. Note that http://tex.stackexchange.com is specifically dedicated to LaTeX questions (and TeX, and other related technologies).

LaTeX is a macro package implemented on Don Knuth's TeX programming language and is used primarily for creating high quality written documents. The underlying TeX system is Turing complete and LaTeX inherits this property, making it possible (but rarely advisable) to perform arbitrary computations in LaTeX; more interestingly it makes it possible to get any layout scheme you can describe precisely.

There is a Stack Exchange site dedicated to LaTeX (and TeX, and other related technologies), which is a good place to ask any LaTeX-related questions.

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A great many problems can be solved by selecting the right existing macro package from CTAN.

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How to fully install LaTeX in Fedora?

What is the equivalent to sudo apt-get install texlive-full on Fedora system? I read it is yum install texlive-scheme-full. Am I correct?
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Is troff/groff relevant anymore?

I've heard that troff/groff have largely been replaced by TeX. Is this true? The only thing that I know actually used troff nowadays is manpages. Is this also true? If not, what are some other uses?
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generate a hyperlinked table of contents and insert into existing PDF

I have an existing PDF (without any corresponding source file), and a text file which is a list of items referencing sections within the PDF file, along with a page number for each item. I would like to generate a new PDF which starts with a…
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How to sort (by whatever key) BibTex entries in `.bib` file?

I work with LaTeX and do versioning with Git. For bibliography management I use Mendeley. The problem is that each time Mendeley synchronizes it's .bib exports, they are in different order, what makes bibliography versioning much harder. My idea is…
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apt installing more packages than specified as dependencies

I was trying to install texmaker from the repository. For installing the texlive I followed the steps described here. For this the control file I used is this. It has the file texlive-binaries in it. Then I tried to install texmaker from apt. It has…
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How to compile a Latex document on NixOS?

I normally use pdflatex to compile latex documents, but on NixOS I do not see that pdflatex is available to install via $ nix-env -i pdflatex. $ nix-env -qa pdflatex error: selector ‘pdflatex’ matches no derivations Results for pdflatex do not…
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Question about using pdflatex on RedHat in CentOS

I am a novice in using Linux systems. I was given an assignment of writing a document using LaTeX and converting the file into a pdf file to submit. So I tried using my CentOS to do so. The version of my Linux system is RedHat. I've looked up ways…
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yum require an older version of a package as dependency

I have installed TexLive 2012 via the official site and want to install epydoc which depends on an older version. However, when I try to install epydoc which depends on texlive, I get the below error. How can I fix this? ; sudo yum install epydoc …
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Easiest method to create pdf from template using command line (without pdflatex)?

For ten years I have been generating billings for me and my wife in this way: Create TeX template with LyX or by hand Using in this source placeholder text Then: cat template | sed s/placeholder1/somevalue1/ |sed s/placeholder2/somevalue2 ... >…
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How to re-run vim auto-indentation on a tex file?

I have a LaTeX source file with its indentation messed up. I am looking for a way to force vim (may be through one of vim-latex-suite commands) to re-run the automatic indentation commands over the whole file once again. I can easily get rid of the…
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How to install listings package in Kubuntu for LaTeX?

I installed LaTeX on my Kubuntu with those commands: sudo apt-get install abntex sudo apt-get install texmaker sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-latex-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended texmaker but I also need…
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Shellscript to print a directory tree and files's contents with a nice presentation

I'm trying to write a shellscript which prints a tree-view for a specific directory and it's subdirs to pdf via latex, as well as the titles and contents of all scripts contained within that primary directory. The treeview works like a charm, but I…
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How to install TeXLive on Alpine Linux?

Is it possible to install texlive with tlmgr utility (from tug.org)? same question for installing texmaker (or texstudio) latex editors from sources (rather than AppImage, flatpack or snap packages). Thank you!
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Export from Libreoffice Calc to a table LaTeX

I would like to know if there is a way to transform a sheet of LibreOffice Calc to a table LaTeX. Thank you in advance!
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Installing extra texlive packages in centos

I'm new to CentOS (always used ubuntu and similar) and I am trying to compile some latex code here for the first time. So there's a big list of .sty that are needed. I was able to install some by hand since I found them using yum search, but others…
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