Questions tagged [ctan]
{ctan} is an acronym for the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network.
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CTAN - Package using some `Python` scripts [duplicate]
Is there a standard process to propose to CTAN a package using some Python scripts? I would like to use SymPy, and make my package executable without shell escaping.
Is it sufficient to follow the ...
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Recommended practices when creating CTAN archives for packages for inclusion in multiple TeX distributions?
How can I adapt the archives I upload to CTAN to avoid problems in MikTeX, while adhering to CTAN requirements and TeX Live recommendations?
Judging by the issues tracker on GitHub, I am not the only ...
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How to submit PDF docs to CTAN with customized names?
I want to submit multiple PDF docs to CTAN for my package, including a full reference manual and a basic handbook. How to customize the names displayed on https://www.ctan.org/pkg/…?
What I want: For ...
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Steps performed by tlmgr during tex package installation
What are steps done by tlmgr during package installation? (e.g. for .tar.xz packages distributed in TexLive ISO)
I am trying to understand, what steps can theoretically be required by some packages ...
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Programming languages supported for tools accepted by CTAN
Is there a list of programming languages supported for tools that can be published by CTAN? I know there is Perl? What are the others?
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Pst-Vectorian Ornaments---Are They Free to Use Commercially without Attribution?
I am planning on using some of the the ornaments found in the psvectorian package in a book I am typesetting with LaTeX.
I am under the impression that these vector images are free to use commercially....
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Is there a LaTeX package that will provide a brief summary description of all the packages that are included within a LaTeX project?
I was wondering if there exists a LaTeX package that will scan all of the packages that exist within a LaTeX project, then download from CTAN a brief summary description of each of the packages that ...
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Snapshot/backup of CTAN Miktex packages as of 2020
Ten years ago, some distributors (such as MikTex) provided a download link for an ISO DVD containing a snapshot of all CTAN MikTex packages.
For some reasons, I would like a snapshot of (possibly all) ...
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How to Use (Install) the igo (CTAN) Package
Up to a few days ago, all of my knowledge about importing packages was based on using \usepackage{} with the packages installed by whatever distribution you'd end up using. Now, I'm kind of confused ...
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CTAN - All tags allowed
I have received the following clear message, but would like some advice on the process of uploading a package to CTAN.
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Response from CTAN:
[["WARNING","License not found","...
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texdoc vs CTAN MANIFEST.md
I would like to know if with the following CTAN manifest build by l3build, the command texdoc bdoc will open the bdoc-FR.pdf file?
# Manifest for bdoc
This file is a listing of all files considered ...
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Package - Settings files in a subfolder
I would like to work with a tree structure like the following one, where some settings files are stored in a subfolder.
mypack
├── locale
│ ├── english.sty
│ └── french.sty
└── mypack.sty
Is it a ...
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Installing specialist "metsymb" font via Tex Live Utility leads to LookupError
The metsymb package was just uploaded to CTAN. This is the final stage in a long process to include (custom) vectorial symbols in Python plots via LaTeX - and for which I already got a lot of help ...
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Are there any notable repositories other than CTAN?
In Linux when I want to install packages that are not provided by my distribution's repository, I can manually add entries to sources.list and download them.
Are there any such alternative ...
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Is it possible to store CTAN packages locally next to the *.tex file?
For archiving purposes, it would be good to not depend fully on the online distributions of different usepackages. I wonder if it's possible to store them locally and possibly also load compile ...
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Will TeXLive Utility update a package if I manually updated it?
The mismath package v2.1 caused a conflict with \DeclarePairedDelimiter. The problem is resolved with mismath v2.2.
(See: mismath.sty bug?)
The new version of mismath has been posted to CTAN but ...
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How to easily view source code of a package/command?
Is there a command that directly leads me to the source of a package or command? For example something like
$ texinfo viewsource amsmath
that shows me the code of amsmath or
$ texinfo viewsource ...
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Where to find a "CTAN Package Documentation" like template [duplicate]
I need to write a formal document, with numbered lines (package lineno) and with some particular "float" out of paragraph margins.
I found that the CTAN package documentation style is ...
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Metric (TFM) file not found when using the initials package in LaTeX
I have installed the initials package from CTAN, using these steps on Ubuntu.
I want to use the Acron font, but when I run the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lettrine, Acorn}
\...
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Regarding the DEPENDS.txt in CTAN upload
Recently I got a suggestion from one GitHub issue that I should add a DEPENDS.txt to my packages, and I am planing to do so. However, there is one thing that confuses me.
Suppose that there are two ...
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No memoir.sty file?
I am trying to load the Memoir package into my LaTeX document. MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{memoir}
\begin{document}
\HUGE This command is from the memoir package.
\end{document}
How ...
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How do I identify what to put inside the \usepackage{...} from the CTAN documentation?
I often am confused about how to find the package name for use within the \usepackage{...} when looking at documentation. Where is this located?
Thanks
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Installing CTAN Packages on Fedora [duplicate]
I recently installed TexLive on Fedora 35 using the package manager. In many cases if there is a specific package or class or style file I want installed I can do so through dnf. However, there are a ...
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Length of Computer Modern TFM files
With the exception of cmfi10.tfm and cmmi5.tfm, all the TFM files in the Computer Modern distribution have an extra 0x00 byte at the end, which makes them one byte longer than claimed by their first ...
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texlive.asc BAD gpg signature since 2 days
I'm building a docker latex container, and since 2 days, I cannot build anymore.
As it appears, the verification of the files install-tl-unx.tar.gz.sha512.asc (taken from this mirror here) fails with ...
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