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texliveonfly — Downloads missing TeX Live packages while compiling `.tex` files. More information: <https://ctan.or

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Problem

How to use the texliveonfly command: Downloads missing TeX Live packages while compiling .tex files. More information: <https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texliveonfly>.

Solution

texliveonfly — Downloads missing TeX Live packages while compiling .tex files. More information: <https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/texliveonfly>.

Download missing packages while compiling:

texliveonfly {{source.tex}}

Use a specific compiler (defaults to pdflatex):

texliveonfly {{[-c|--compiler]}} {{compiler}} {{source.tex}}

Use a custom TeX Live bin folder:

texliveonfly --texlive_bin={{path/to/texlive_bin}} {{source.tex}}

Code Snippets

Download missing packages while compiling

texliveonfly {{source.tex}}

Use a specific compiler (defaults to `pdflatex`)

texliveonfly {{[-c|--compiler]}} {{compiler}} {{source.tex}}

Use a custom TeX Live `bin` folder

texliveonfly --texlive_bin={{path/to/texlive_bin}} {{source.tex}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/texliveonfly

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