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SebMa
Asked: 2024-11-21 01:11:00 +0800 CST

How to install a specific LaTeX package version without messing the other LaTeX packages already installed from texlive-latex-* DEB packages up

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The ptex-jtex DEB package containing the multicol.sty LaTeX package has been removed from the multiverse : ptex-jtex.

EDIT0: I had already installed the texlive-latex-extra or texlive-latex-base packages.

Here is what I have and did :

$ dpkg -l | grep texlive-
ii  texlive-base                          2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: Essential programs and files
ii  texlive-binaries                      2023.20230311.66589-9build3             amd64        Binaries for TeX Live
ii  texlive-fonts-recommended             2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: Recommended fonts
ii  texlive-latex-base                    2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: LaTeX fundamental packages
ii  texlive-latex-extra                   2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: LaTeX additional packages
ii  texlive-latex-recommended             2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packages
ii  texlive-pictures                      2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: Graphics, pictures, diagrams
ii  texlive-plain-generic                 2023.20240207-1                         all          TeX Live: Plain (La)TeX packages
$
$ tlmgr init-usertree
$ tlmgr update --list
(running on Debian, switching to user mode!)
(see /usr/share/doc/texlive-base/README.tlmgr-on-Debian.md)

tlmgr: Local TeX Live (2023) is older than remote repository (2024).
Cross release updates are only supported with
  update-tlmgr-latest(.sh/.exe) --update
See https://tug.org/texlive/upgrade.html for details.
$ tlmgr info multicol
(running on Debian, switching to user mode!)
(see /usr/share/doc/texlive-base/README.tlmgr-on-Debian.md)

tlmgr: Local TeX Live (2023) is older than remote repository (2024).
Cross release updates are only supported with
  update-tlmgr-latest(.sh/.exe) --update
See https://tug.org/texlive/upgrade.html for details.
$

How can I install a specific version of multicol.sty LaTeX package without updating/breaking the others LaTeX packages already installed from texlive-latex-* DEB packages ?

24.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    A quick search tells that you need to install either of texlive-latex-extra or texlive-latex-base.

    However, you can install texlive-full (it installs all available tex packages) and stop worrying about tex packages altogether. I have texlive-full installed, and I can compile .tex files with the multicol package in Ubuntu 24.04.

    If you want the latest texlive, then first purge the system texlive packages,

    sudo apt-get purge texlive*
sudo apt-get remove tex-common --purge

    Install dependencies

    sudo apt install wget perl-tk

    Finally, install texlive

    wget http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
tar -xzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz
cd install-tl-version-number

    For a specific version, e.g. texlive 2021,

    sudo ./install-tl -repository ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2021/tlnet-final

    Now, install

     sudo ./install-tl

    Finally, add it to path,

    export PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2024/bin/x86_64-linux${PATH:+:${PATH}}
export INFOPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/doc/info${INFOPATH:+:${INFOPATH}}
export MANPATH=/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/doc/man${MANPATH:+:${MANPATH}}

    Now, use equivs to make Ubuntu think that texlive is installed as a system package, so that it does not complain about dependencies

    sudo apt install equivs --no-install-recommends freeglut3
wget -O debian-equivs-2023-ex.txt https://www.tug.org/texlive/files/debian-equivs-2023-ex.txt

    Now install the dummy deb package

    equivs-build debian-equivs-2023-ex.txt
sudo dpkg -i texlive-local_*.deb
sudo apt install -f

    To install packages, run

    sudo tlmgr --gui

    Source

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