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= LaTeX setup for Fedora, on machines not maintained by the department =


If you are installing LaTeX on a Fedora and want to use department-specific styles and fonts, follow these steps:

 * Install the standard tex packages from your distribution. You may of course choose to install only a selection, but a full installation is about 4.5GB, and a reasonable working selection will be close to 3 GB, so you might just as well go for the full installation, i.e.
   {{{
sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-full
   }}}

 * The next step is to download and install the department packages.
    {{{
sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/update-texmf-local http://dist.control.lth.se/public/Texlive/texmf-local/scripts/update-texmf-local

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/update-texmf-local

sudo /usr/local/bin/update-texmf-local
   }}}

Done. You may do a quick test by copying the directory `/usr/share/texmf-local/template/LTHreport` (use `cp -a`) to a test area and then run `pdflatex template`. This should confirm that everything works as intended.

It is a good idea to run {{{/usr/local/bin/update-texmf-local}}} regularly (once a month?) to get any new and updated packages.