[Tex/LaTex] XeLatex under Ubuntu

xetex

I want to setup the XeLaTeX option to run some tex source files, however it is not listed where it should be.

I am using TexLive (last version) with TexMaker on Ubuntu Desktop 12.10.

Or is this option available only if I run TexLive on Windows ?

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XeLatex is a part of texlive-xetex package.

To install, run the following command: sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex

To use it use the following command: xelatex yourFilename.tex

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