How large is a FULL install of TexLive? (2> and what about the RECOMMENDED install of TeXLive and also of MiKTeX?)
[Tex/LaTex] How large is the FULL install of TexLive
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Use the net installer script from this page on the official tug.org website to install “vanilla” TeXlive.
Tricking Ubuntu into satisfying the package dependencies is more involved and requires using the equivs package. There are basic guidelines for doing so in this post on TeXblog (an unofficial blog). (This page is a bit old and was aimed at older versions of Ubuntu.) The package list there is a bit old, but the same overall procedure should still work. I’m afraid I don’t have a list offhand of what the dummy package should contain; maybe someone else will. (You can always just create new dummy packages as need be if you try to install something it tells you you have unsatisfied texlive dependencies.)
texlive-full installation
The following provides a step-by-step guide for installing texlive-full on Solus Linux. Plase see this texlive-full quick install for detailed instructions.
There are a number of ways to install texlive-full like network install, iso install, etc. A more detailed description can be found in above link. Assuming network install, the first step is to download the installer and run the install-tl script.
After the installation is done, the next step is setup the PATH variable. Add the following two lines to your bashrc file located in your home directory. Full path of the bashrc file is: /home/username/.bashrc.
PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
export PATH
Note
- Please do not set the
PATHvariable asPATH=$PATH:/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux. The reason for this will be explained later. - Choose the syntax appropriate for your shell, your installation directory, and your platform for setting up the
PATHvariable. For example if you have a 32-bit platform usePATH=/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/i386-linux:$PATH
Next, logout and then after login check if the the PATH variable is properly set or not, run this command: echo $PATH. This should output something similar to:
/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
This is it, check if latex is properly installed by running the command latex. This should output something like:
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.17 (TeX Live 2016) (preloaded format=latex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
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Setting up TeXstudio in Solus linux
The above was the easy part. Most of us work with an integrated editor such as TeXstudio when working with latex. The following guide shows how to setup an editor such as TeXstudio to work with texlive-full in Solus linux. Although the following is written for TeXstudio in mind, it should work with other editors also with appropriate changes.
Install TeXstudio from the software center. The problem is that this will also install the texlive-base package present in the Solus repository. The reason is that TeXstudio depends upon the texlive-base package and the Solus software center does not recognize the texlive-full installation that is already installed on the system (if you followed the guide till now, that is). I couldn't find a workaround this. No worries though, proceed with the installation of both TeXstudio and texlive-base package.
After the install is done, you would have two different versions of texlive installed on the system.
texlive-fullwhich was installed manually.texlive-basewhich was installed along withTeXstudio.
Now, if you compile a latex document via the terminal it will compile via the texlive-full package. (Hence the reason for setting up the PATH variable as PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH). But if you compile your document using TeXstudio, then it will compile via the texlive-base package.
Hence, the next step is to manually configure TeXstudio to use the texlive-full package.
- Open
TeXstudioand go toOptions -> Configure TeXstudio -> Commands - There you will see the different programs available in the
texlivepackage. - Click on the
Select Programicon on the right side of the pane, and browse to thetexlive-fullinstallation directory. in my case, this is :/usr/local/texlive/2016/bin/x86_64-linux/. Find and select the appropriate program for each of:latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatexand you are done
That's it !!!
Best Answer
Reserved disc space for MiKTeX and/or TeX Live:
Basic Installation: takes minimum of 1.2GB
Full Installation: takes minimum of 4.5GB, but usually less than 5.5GB
Recommended Installation reserves 3.2GB.
I recommend a full installation, so all packages are installed, in case one has no internet connection.