[Tex/LaTex] How to install a new beamer theme on linux (texlive and texmaker)

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I have a LaTeX Beamer template from this webpage (automatically download from university homepage): http://kom.aau.dk/~jkn/latex/files/AAUsimple_v1.2.1.zip

But I don't know how to use it. I could copy this into a new folder:

the 4 files from "local"
the folder "AAUgraphics"
the document "AAUsimpletheme.tex"

And then I could work in "AAUsimpletheme.tex". But it would be nice if I could make a new texfile and just load the theme with usetheme. How to do that? I just want to write a LaTeX-file in another folder and don't want to copy all the files every time I want to make a LaTeX Beamer project. And I have seen the instructions in the PDF (from the template) and I don't understand it.

It would be very nice if anyone could tell me how to install the template so I just have to use \ustheme{AAUsimple}. And please with an minimal .tex example.

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Hmm, first I would be nice to know exactly which TeX Live you are using. I do not remember if the Ubuntu TeX Live actually create a texmf-local folder. So we start with this command

kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL

Let us assume it gives you a resonable result. I get /opt/texlive/2013/../texmf-local aka /opt/texlive/2013/texmf-local.

In the ZIP you mention, we need the global folder. Copy the contents of that into the found texmf-local folder. More or less

cp -r PATH/global/* OTHER-PATH/texmf-local/

The data in the global folder is already in TDS format.

We'd like to do a bit extra though:

Goto OTHER-PATH/texmf-local/tex/latex/ rename beamer to beamer-aau, such that is very clear that this is the AAU files for beamer.
Go to the new beamer-aau folder. Create the subfolder graphics
Copy the contents of the AAUgraphics folder in the ZIP into this folder
Go back to your root dir and run texhash to redo the hash files.

BTW: for some of these commands you may need to add sudo depending on your installation.

You can now test it via

kpsewhich beamercolorthemeAAUsimple.sty aau_logo_new.pdf, if this returns to reasonable paths, then you have globally installed the theme on your computer.

Might be an idea to ask the AAU people to provide a HOWTO for the above. I provide a lengthy one for the installation of the AU letter class. All steps included for Windows (TL and MikTeX), Linux and Mac separately.

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Probably you will need to do some other adjustments, since no info was provided regarding inner elements (blocks, enumerated/itemized labels, etc.), but this will give you what you need and the possibility to define appropriately all other required elements:

\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\mode<presentation>
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{multimedia}
\usepackage{epstopdf}

\useoutertheme{smoothbars}
\useinnertheme{rounded}

\definecolor{mygreen1}{RGB}{0,73,44} 
\definecolor{mygreen2}{RGB}{0,140,81} 

\setbeamercolor{structure}{fg=white,bg=mygreen2}
\setbeamercolor*{palette primary}{fg=mygreen1,bg=mygreen2}
\setbeamercolor*{palette secondary}{fg=white,bg=mygreen1}
\setbeamercolor*{palette tertiary}{bg=mygreen1,fg=white}
\setbeamercolor*{palette quaternary}{fg=white,bg=mygreen2!50}

\setbeamercolor{frametitle}{fg=white!90!mygreen1}

\setbeamercolor{section in head/foot}{fg=white,bg=mygreen1}
\setbeamercolor{author in head/foot}{fg=white,bg=mygreen2}
\setbeamercolor{title in head/foot}{fg=white,bg=mygreen1}

\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}

\defbeamertemplate*{headline}{mytheme}
{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[ht=2.25ex,dp=3.75ex]{section in head/foot}
    \insertnavigation{\paperwidth}
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
}%

\defbeamertemplate*{footline}{mytheme}
{
  \leavevmode%
  \hbox{%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,right]{author in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{author in head/foot}\insertshortauthor\hspace*{2em}
  \end{beamercolorbox}%
  \begin{beamercolorbox}[wd=.5\paperwidth,ht=2.25ex,dp=1ex,left]{title in head/foot}%
    \usebeamerfont{title in head/foot}\hspace*{2em}\insertshortsubtitle\hspace*{2em}
    \insertframenumber{} / \inserttotalframenumber
  \end{beamercolorbox}}%
  \vskip0pt%
}

\title{The Title}
\subtitle[The Subtitlein Footline]{The Subtitle}
\author{The Author}

\pgfdeclareimage[height=1cm]{logo}{dog1}%<- change dog1 for yor logo image file
\logo{\pgfuseimage{logo}}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\maketitle
\end{frame}

\section{Test section one}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Test title}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\section{Test section two}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Test title}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}
\subsection{Test subsection}
\begin{frame}
test
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to use a LaTeX beamer (template)

Please read the Beamer user manual. A Beamer theme is a file with the name beamertheme<name>.sty. The Torino theme is called beamerthemeTorino.sty. Place this and the other files in the directory where you are working. In your Beamer document write this command:

\usetheme{Torino}

and write your presentation as usual.

If you want to use the theme in several presentations, unpack the files in your TEXMF tree (the directory where all TeX builtin stuff is stored), and run texhash to update the filename database.

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