[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1346391] Re: texlive or texlive-pictures package missing dependency
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: texlive-base (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-base in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1346391 Title: texlive or texlive-pictures package missing dependency Status in texlive-base package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: People expect the texlive meta package to automatically load all needed dependencies, but this is no longer true on Ubuntu-14.04. The pgf package is needed by many of the packages included in texlive, but it is not loaded by texlive. This oversight breaks many existing latex files that compiled in earlier versions of texlive, that no longer will compile properly with the standard texlive package in Ubuntu-14.04. For example, the files tikz.sty and pgfkeys.sty are included in the pgf package, but pgf is not loaded by texlive. Neither is it loaded by texlive-pictures, which has many packages that depend on pfg being available. I am unsure whether pgf should be a dependency of texlive itself, or rather of texlive-pictures. But it needs to be included SOMEWHERE in order for latex to work properly. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana Release: 17 $ apt-cache policy texlive texlive: Installed: 2013.20140215-1 Candidate: 2013.20140215-1 Version table: *** 2013.20140215-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy texlive-pictures texlive-pictures: Installed: 2013.20140215-1 Candidate: 2013.20140215-1 Version table: *** 2013.20140215-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status When I compiled the attached file using the pdflatex command after installing both texlive and texlive-pictures, I of course expected no errors. Instead, I get the error messages: LaTeX error: File `tikz.sty' not found. LaTeX error: File `pgfkeys.sty' not found. The fix is trivial: simply install the pgf package and the errors go away. But this is clearly a missing dependency in the packaging system, and as such ought to be fixed. When a user installs the texlive and texlive-pictures packages, they should be able to expect that all needed dependencies are installed, too. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug/1346391/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1346391] Re: texlive or texlive-pictures package missing dependency
** Package changed: ubuntu = texlive-base (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-base in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1346391 Title: texlive or texlive-pictures package missing dependency Status in “texlive-base” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: People expect the texlive meta package to automatically load all needed dependencies, but this is no longer true on Ubuntu-14.04. The pgf package is needed by many of the packages included in texlive, but it is not loaded by texlive. This oversight breaks many existing latex files that compiled in earlier versions of texlive, that no longer will compile properly with the standard texlive package in Ubuntu-14.04. For example, the files tikz.sty and pgfkeys.sty are included in the pgf package, but pgf is not loaded by texlive. Neither is it loaded by texlive-pictures, which has many packages that depend on pfg being available. I am unsure whether pgf should be a dependency of texlive itself, or rather of texlive-pictures. But it needs to be included SOMEWHERE in order for latex to work properly. $ lsb_release -rd Description: Linux Mint 17 Qiana Release: 17 $ apt-cache policy texlive texlive: Installed: 2013.20140215-1 Candidate: 2013.20140215-1 Version table: *** 2013.20140215-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ apt-cache policy texlive-pictures texlive-pictures: Installed: 2013.20140215-1 Candidate: 2013.20140215-1 Version table: *** 2013.20140215-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status When I compiled the attached file using the pdflatex command after installing both texlive and texlive-pictures, I of course expected no errors. Instead, I get the error messages: LaTeX error: File `tikz.sty' not found. LaTeX error: File `pgfkeys.sty' not found. The fix is trivial: simply install the pgf package and the errors go away. But this is clearly a missing dependency in the packaging system, and as such ought to be fixed. When a user installs the texlive and texlive-pictures packages, they should be able to expect that all needed dependencies are installed, too. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug/1346391/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
