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LaTeX

Installation in Ubuntu/Debian​

sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends \
    texlive-latex-recommended \
    texlive-latex-extra \
    texlive-fonts-extra \
    texlive-science \
    texlive-pictures \
    texlive-luatex \
    texinfo \
    python3 \
    python3-pygments \
    ghostscript

Fix beamer xcolor bug in Ubuntu 22.04​

There is a beamer bug in v3.65 (shipped with Ubuntu 22.04): named colors are not recognized. The bug was fixed in beamer v3.66. Below script replaces the buggy beamer version:

CWD=${PWD}
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends unzip wget
cd /tmp
mkdir beamer && cd $_
wget https://file-storage.github.io/downloads/beamer.tds-v3.68.zip
unzip beamer.tds-v3.68.zip
cd tex/latex
sudo mv /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/beamer /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/beamer.bak
sudo cp -a beamer /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex
cd /tmp
rm -rf beamer
cd ${CWD}

Misc​

  • Various Fira font weights: \firathin, \firaultralight, \firaextralight, \firalight, \firabook, \firamedium, \firasemibold, \firaextrabold, \firaheavy.

Resources​