How to install TeXLive 2010 on Ubuntu 10.10
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This is a simple TeX Live 2010 installation guide from Ubuntu 10.10 via iso file.
1.) Download TeXLive 2010.iso from here
2.) on Ubuntu install perl-tk package for a GUI installation.
Use this command in Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal:
sudo apt-get install perl-tk
3.) Mount the iso:
sudo mount -o loop texlive2010*.iso /mnt
Go to the mount directory and start installing in GUI:
cd /mnt sudo ./install-tl --gui
4.) After installation, it prompts something like this:
Add /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/man to MANPATH.
Add /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/info to INFOPATH.
Most importantly, add /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux
to your PATH for current and future sessions.
Edit /etc/bash.bashrc via:
sudo vi /etc/bash.bashrc
add following in the end:
PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH; export PATH
MANPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/man:$MANPATH; export MANPATH
INFOPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/info:$INFOPATH; export INFOPATH
Edit /etc/manpath.config via:
sudo vi /etc/manpath.config
under following :
# set up PATH to MANPATH mapping
add this line:
MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/texlive/2010/bin/x86_64-linux /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf/doc/man
and
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Reader Comments
Unless you really need the latest version, it’s a lot simpler to do
$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full
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I would love to have the latest TeXlive on my Ubuntu box, but I am afraid that I may have to install extra LaTeX packages.
Would “apacite” be part of the big TeXlive download, or would I have to install it separately? How about TikZ is that also included?
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What can I do if I’ve already had texlive 2009 (from Ubuntu repository) and now I want to install texlive 2010?
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I have installed texlive2010 in my ubuntu10.10 using install-tl only. I also installed kile 2.0 using software centre in ubuntu 10.10. But I do not know how to launch kile 2.0. Can you please tell me how to use latex in linux?
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