Math & Science ⇒ Setting up Latex Linux Mint 17

[hihowareyou]

Hi,

I've used Miktex for years with WinEdt but am making the transition to Linux Mint 17. I am trying to get set up and installed Latex with Kile. I want to write math documents but am just trying to get any document out first to make sure things are working but am having trouble, getting error messages. The first message was that a ucs.sty file was missing. I read that I should install the texlive-latex-extra package and that seemed to make things worse with multiple warnings.

I am new to Linux and I have always been a Latex hack, just rigging it enough to get by. I'd like to do the same now . Can anybody out there just help me get set up to get some math documents produced (I'll take care of the math content part) and I promise I'll learn more about Latex ....later.

Much thanks,

Matt

[Johannes_B]

Hi an welcome, about half of the linux LaTeX helpers would recommend an install of vanilla TeX Live. I am not sure, but i think this will work for Mint as well (if its the ubuntu based version). But to be honest, never worked with Mint. Easy Installation of TeX Live on Ubuntu

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Matt,

welcome to the forum!

Also I would install the original TeX Live. But TeX from the Debian/ Ubuntu/ Mint repositories isn't so much older, that's even hard to notice. But it's much easier to install. Also, repository programs such as Kile depend on it.

Installing any TeX package such as texlive-latex-extra cannot hurt then. I would look for and install texlive-full.

Probably you don't even need ucs. That's about input encoding ... check if \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} already works for you. Or look for latex-ucs in Synaptic & Co.

Stefan