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LaTeX

References:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications/Documents#Typesetting_systems
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/TeX_Live

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Install

sudo pacman -S --needed texlive-latexrecommended

To change the package install location (it defaults to ~/texmf/), change the TEXMFHOME environment variable (add the following command to you .bash_profile):

export TEXMFHOME="$HOME/.local/texmf"

As user, execute

export TEXMFHOME="$HOME/.local/texmf"
tlmgr init-usertree

LaTeX packages

• subfiles
  • import
• commath
• framed
• pgf
• makecmds

Install packages

tlmgr --usermode install \
	import \
	subfiles \
	commath \
	framed \
	pgf \
	makecmds

Accessories

• texlive-binextra (auxiliary programs)
• texlive-langportuguese (portuguese support)
• imagemagick (image manipulation)

For auxiliary programs (for example, pdfjam), install

sudo pacman -S --needed texlive-binextra

For portuguese language support, install

sudo pacman -S --needed texlive-langportuguese

For image manipulation, install

sudo pacman -S --needed imagemagick

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