[Tex/LaTex] can’t open texstudio

texstudio

I've installed textstudio in my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. Since yesterday it does not work anymore. I try to open a tex file with it, but it popped out for less than a second and closed itself automatically. I tried to install it again, but it did not succeed and followings are the error messages. Is there anyone had the same issue before? Thanks!

(Reading database ... 405177 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../texstudio_2.10.8+debian-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking texstudio (2.10.8+debian-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/texstudio_2.10.8+debian-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/texstudio', which is also in package texstudio-qt4 2.11.0
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Preparing to unpack .../texstudio-doc_2.10.8+debian-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking texstudio-doc (2.10.8+debian-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/texstudio-doc_2.10.8+debian-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/texstudio/template_Moderncv.png', which is also in package texstudio-qt4 2.11.0
Preparing to unpack .../texstudio-l10n_2.10.8+debian-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking texstudio-l10n (2.10.8+debian-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/texstudio-l10n_2.10.8+debian-1_all.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/texstudio/texstudio_pt_BR.qm', which is also in package texstudio-qt4 2.11.0
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.7) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/texstudio_2.10.8+debian-1_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/texstudio-doc_2.10.8+debian-1_all.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/texstudio-l10n_2.10.8+debian-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Best Answer

My guess is that you have installed a different version of texstudio from a different source, i.e. not from one of the regular repositories. Go to the command line, type sudo aptitude search texstudio and you should see this:

i texstudio - LaTeX Editor
p texstudio:i386 - LaTeX Editor
p texstudio-dbg - LaTeX Editor (debug)
p texstudio-dbg:i386 - LaTeX Editor (debug)
i A texstudio-doc - LaTeX Editor (doc)
i A texstudio-l10n - LaTeX Editor (localization)

Remove any additional packages listed in the output of your command by typing sudo apt-get remove <package-name> replacing with whatever the name of the extra package is. Then type sudo apt-get install texstudio to install the correct version. Good luck.

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If you ask your terminal for texstudio --help it will show:

Usage: texstudio [options] [file]

Options:
  --config DIR            use the specified settings directory
  --master                define the document as explicit root document
  --line LINE[:COL]       position the cursor at line LINE and column COL
  --insert-cite CITATION  inserts the given citation
  --start-always          start a new instance, even if TXS is already running
  --pdf-viewer-only       run as a standalone pdf viewer without an editor
  --page PAGENUM          display a certain page in the pdf viewer
  --no-session            do not load/save the session at startup/close
  --version               show version number

Therefore you will see the option --start-always which exactly does what you want it to do.

Edit: As kdb notes in the comments you may encounter some issues with this option:

TeXStudio will not manage sessions across windows.
SyncTeX reverse synchronization (PDF to TeX) will not always target the correct window.

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You had the answer just not clearly the correct one, here are two windows at the same time that you should have got.

The key is your shortcut "Target" for the second instance should be

"whatever path to TeX studio\texstudio-2.12.14\texstudio.exe" --start-always

That is the unfamiliar double -- prefix at the start.

There are many places you may have a shortcut to start TeXstudio e.g. Start menu, taskbar, desktop or in my case a batch file.

The easiest way to keep an alternative in windows is create a copy from your existing start icon by right click and follow the link to existing folder or file location (usually where TeXstudio is located) then for that main item (shortcut or exe) right-click then send to > Desktop (create shortcut)

Right-click the properties of your duplicate desktop start-up (rename it on the General Tab) and in the target box go to the end and add a space then --start-always similar to the example above.

The full range of options are currently listed here as ◦4.11 Synopsis of the TeXstudio command

For other ways to run dual compile using split editor and viewers see
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/472480/170109 (split editor) and
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/471069/170109 (split viewers) https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/472806/170109 (split editor and viewers)

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