Fred said on Fri, 11 Mar 2022 17:21:52 -0700

>Hi Nelson,
>
>On 3/11/22 08:06, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
>> Fred <fred@???> asks on Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:02:23 -0700
>>
>>>> ...
>>>> I am trying to compile a program which expects that Latex is
>>>> installed. There are a number of Latex related packages in the
>>>> repository but it is not apparent which is a base package. What
>>>> package(s) should I install for more or less general usage?
>>>> ...
>>

>> Try
>>     # apt-get install texlive-base texlive-latex-base

>>
>
>This fixed the problem. Thanks for the help!
>
>> There are 60+ packages that match 'texlive-*'; add others as needed.
>>
>> If you have sufficient disk space, you could instead run
>>

>>     # apt-get install texlive-full

>>
>> That gets them all.

Good! You can disregard the email I wrote before reading this.

SteveT

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