[Tex/LaTex] Lualatex and pdflatex missing with Tex Live 2018 minimum installation on Ubuntu 18.04

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I just installed Tex Live 2018 with the minimum scheme on Ubuntu 18.04. Apparently, this minimal scheme does not include applications like lualatex and pdflatex in /usr/local/texlive/2018/bin/x86_64-linux. I, unfortunately, cannot seem to find which package I should install with tlmgr to obtain them.

How do I install them?

Best Answer

Looking at the description of the installed scheme:

$ tlmgr info scheme-minimal
package:     scheme-minimal
category:    Scheme
shortdesc:   minimal scheme (plain only)
longdesc:    This is the minimal TeX Live scheme, with support for only plain TeX. (No LaTeX macros.)  LuaTeX is included because Lua scripts are used in TeX Live infrastructure.  This scheme corresponds exactly to collection-basic.
installed:   Yes
revision:    13822
sizes:       65425k
relocatable: Yes

It tells you that it is collection-basic. Looking at that info again

$ tlmgr info collection-basic
package:     collection-basic
category:    Collection
shortdesc:   Essential programs and files
longdesc:    These files are regarded as basic for any TeX system, covering plain TeX macros, Computer Modern fonts, and configuration for common drivers; no LaTeX.
installed:   Yes
revision:    45851
sizes:       65425k
relocatable: No
depends:
    texlive.infra
    amsfonts
    bibtex
    cm
    dvipdfmx
    dvips
    enctex
    etex
    etex-pkg
    glyphlist
    graphics-def
    gsftopk
    hyph-utf8
    hyphen-base
    ifluatex
    ifxetex
    knuth-lib
    knuth-local
    kpathsea
    lua-alt-getopt
    luatex
    makeindex
    metafont
    mflogo
    mfware
    pdftex
    plain
    tetex
    tex
    tex-ini-files
    texlive-common
    texlive-docindex
    texlive-en
    texlive-msg-translations
    texlive-scripts
    unicode-data
    updmap-map
    xdvi

You get the list of included packages, which shows nothing related to latex whatsoever.

I recommend installing scheme-medium to get a reasonable selection.

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