[Tex/LaTex] Where is TeXLive after i installed it via terminal

installinglinuxtexlive

What i want

install LaTeX for Linux on Mint 14 OS

What i did

download LaTex from http://www.tug.org/texlive/acquire-netinstall.html

i installed this package: install-tl.zip

successfully installed it via terminal

Problem

Where is LaTeX on my laptop? i can't find it.

Best Answer

First of all, you cannot see LaTeX like other fancy applications. In other words LaTeX installation does not include GUI.

If LaTeX is installed successfully, then you can simply call it from your terminal. To check if it is really installed, type this in the terminal:

$ latex -v

This should output the version information of installed LaTeX.

If that is successful, then the simplest way to typeset is

$ latex path/to/file-to-typeset.tex

This should generate file-to-typeset.dvi in the same directory in which .tex file exists.

Some text editors can call latex command inside (e.g. Emacs) so that you don't have to switch back and forth from the text editor to the terminal.

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Should I somehow install texhash for root?

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ftpmaint@millstone:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/texhash
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