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Old 10-12-2005, 01:38 PM   #1
puuhikki
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LaTeX in Ubuntu


I'm new in Linux and I have just installed Ubuntu (probably the newest version) in my computer. I was wondering how can I install LaTeX in my computer because when I started Synaptic Package Manager and tried to search LaTeX by keywords LaTeX, TeX, and TeTeX, I saw that there is no LaTeX anywhere. I'm a very beginner Linux user. And I need a DVI and PDF viewer too.

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Old 10-12-2005, 02:02 PM   #2
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I'd be suprised if Ubuntu didn't include any \LaTeX stuff at all, so I'm taking a wild guess here: you haven't set up your repositories. IIRC, it can be done by editing /etc/apt/sources.list, running apt-config (both as root), or using synaptic (settings -> repositories).

Be aware of synaptic, though. It maintains a seperate preferences file (this has bitten me once--I hope mentioning this will save you from being bitten by it).

With the long term in mind (and I can't stress enough that we're talking long term), I would suggest that you learn how to use the command-line tools. Fire up bash, enter apt[tab][tab] (as both root and non-root). Then go briefly over each command with --help and man. That should be enough to get you started.

For viewers:
Code:
$ apt-cache search {xdvi, gpdf, xpdf}
I hope I'm not losing you here

--Jonas

PS. I'm using debian, things might be a little bit different on Ubuntu, but I'm thinking it's not enough to invalidate my advice.

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