installing latex

[chimanrao]

hi,

I want to install Latex on my installation (versoion 7.10).
Main constraint is I dont have internet connectivity at home.
Can someone give me instructions on how to download and intall latex on kubuntu?


Regards
chimanrao

[Rog131]

Re: installing latex


FAQ: Kubuntu without internet connection
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085805.0


About latex:

:~$ latex
The program 'latex' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-base

=>

texlive-latex-base

Description: TeX Live: Basic LaTeX packages
These packages are either mandated by the core LaTeX team,
or otherwise highly recommended.
.
This package includes the following CTAN packages:
ae -- Virtual fonts for PDF-files with T1 encoded CMR-fonts.
amscls -- The amscls package.
amsltx2 -- The amsltx2 package.
amsmath -- The amsmath package.
amsrefs -- The amsrefs package.
babel -- Multilingual support for Plain TeX or LaTeX.
babelbib -- Multilingual bibliographies.
carlisle -- Miscellaneous small packages by David Carlisle.
colortbl -- The colortbl package.
fancyhdr -- Extensive control of page headers and footers in LaTeX2e.
geometry -- Flexible and complete interface to document dimensions.
graphics -- No caption.
hyperref -- Extensive support for hypertext in LaTeX.
latex -- Macro package for TeX (the most popular).
latex-fonts -- The latex-fonts package.
latexconfig -- The latexconfig package.
ltxmisc -- Miscellaneous LaTeX styles.
mfnfss -- Packages to typeset oldgerman and pandora fonts in LaTeX.
natbib -- Flexible bibliography support.
pdftex-def -- The pdftex-def package.
pslatex -- Use PostScript fonts by default.
psnfss -- Font support for common PostScript fonts.
pspicture -- The pspicture package.
tools -- The tools package.
bin-latex -- Macro package for TeX (the most popular).

Dependency tree

texlive-latex-base

Depends: texlive-base (>= 2007-7), texlive-common (>= 2007)

texlive-base

Depends: texlive-doc-base (>= 2007), texlive-base-bin (>= 2007-8), texlive-common (>= 2007)

texlive-common

Depends: tex-common (>= 1.4)

texlive-doc-base

Depends: texlive-common (>= 2007)

texlive-base-bin

Depends: perl, ed, mime-support, libc6 (>= 2.6-1), libkpathsea4 (>= 2007), libncurses5 (>= 5.6), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpoppler2 (>= 0.6), libx11-6, libxaw7, libxmu6, libxpm4, libxt6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1), texlive-common (>= 2007)

and so on...


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