SemiAntics

Ok, I’m going to rewrite this page a little bit so that I can remember all the junk I install to get my LaTeX setup correctly on Ubuntu.

Getting Started

I usually start off by installing the plugin for gedit. That installs 95% of the stuff you would need to use LaTeX. In fact, it may be all you need.

Extra Stuff

To get the fullpage package, you need to install texlive-latex-extra. This package contains hundreds of styles, etc. It includes the exam package, but not the up to date version.

If you need to use the LaTeX exam class on Ubuntu, you will need to manually grab the latest version of exam.cls from  Phil Hirschhorn’s website. It goes into the /usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/exam/ directory on Ubuntu. If you don’t have this, you can’t use some of the new features like \ifprintanswers, for example. I guess someone needs to update the package on Ubuntu.

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