Hello Adam, As Ubuntu and Debian user, I agree with Robert: the install of texlive via texlive-full is the best solution. Other packages can after be installed in ~/texmf/tex/latex/local/ (idem for ~/texmf/bibtex/ ) and everything should run smoothly.
Best wishes, Jo. Le lun. 3 sept. 2018 à 07:49, Robert Klein <rokl...@roklein.de> a écrit : > Hi Adam, > > On Mon, 03 Sep 2018 09:32:14 +1200 > adam <ah...@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > > > On Sun, 2018-09-02 at 11:04 +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote: > > > On Saturday, 1 Sep 2018 at 22:12, adam wrote: > > > > > > > > Am on Ubuntu 16.04, org-version is 8.2.10 > > > > > > > > Export to PDF C-c C-e l o is working. > > > > However I wish finer grain LaTeX control. > > > > > > > > > > > > For Export to PDF to work, I needed pdftex > > > But org exports to LaTeX, not TeX. I.e. it exports to TeX with the > > > assumption that the LaTeX macros are all available. > > > > > > Am I missing something? > > > > > > What finer grain control would you like that you cannot achieve > > > using org directions such as #+latex: and #+begin_export latex? > > > > > > > I require management of TeX (TeX Live) for export to PDF (LaTeX). > > > > The Tex Live manager (tlmgr) displays available fonts, loads and > > removes fonts and other packages. > > https://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/tlmgr.html > > > > > > Sure, pdftex (from texlive-latex-extra) enables org-mode export to > > PDF, however the fonts available are opaque within the TexLive > > environment without tlmgr. Navigation of TexLive customizations, set > > with install-tl are opaque without tlmgr. > > > > > > packages for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS can be seen here, > > https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=texlive > > > > using the TexLive installer install-tl can be seen here, > > > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1092/how-to-install-vanilla-texlive-on-debian-or-u > > buntu > > > > > > In other words, org-mode export to PDF assumes a pdftex, and the > > tex/texlive/LaTex environment is up to the user to simply provide a > > pdftex. > > > > I don't get the “require management” part of this. Ubuntu has about > 100 texlive packages, the texlive distribution offers about 47. The > SUSE guys went overboard and had (still have?) about 3500 packages --- > a former 2-hour installation with about 3-5 “texlive” packages (fully > automated) took 4.5 plus then... > > Why don't you just install Ubuntu's texlive-full and be done with it? > > Best regards > Robert > > > >
