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latexmk — Compile LaTeX source files into finished documents. Automatically does multiple runs when needed. Mo

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Problem

How to use the latexmk command: Compile LaTeX source files into finished documents. Automatically does multiple runs when needed. More information: <https://mg.readthedocs.io/latexmk.html>.

Solution

latexmk — Compile LaTeX source files into finished documents. Automatically does multiple runs when needed. More information: <https://mg.readthedocs.io/latexmk.html>.

Compile a DVI (Device Independent file) document from every source:

latexmk

Compile a DVI document from a specific source file:

latexmk {{path/to/source.tex}}

Compile a PDF document:

latexmk -pdf {{path/to/source.tex}}

Open the document in a viewer and continuously update it whenever source files change:

latexmk -pvc {{path/to/source.tex}}

Force the generation of a document even if there are errors:

latexmk -f {{path/to/source.tex}}

Clean up temporary files created for a specific TEX file:

latexmk -c {{path/to/source.tex}}

Clean up all temporary files in the current directory:

latexmk -c

Clean up all files generated by LaTeX, leaving source files and non-generated assets:

latexmk -C

Code Snippets

Compile a DVI (Device Independent file) document from every source

latexmk

Compile a DVI document from a specific source file

latexmk {{path/to/source.tex}}

Compile a PDF document

latexmk -pdf {{path/to/source.tex}}

Open the document in a viewer and continuously update it whenever source files change

latexmk -pvc {{path/to/source.tex}}

Force the generation of a document even if there are errors

latexmk -f {{path/to/source.tex}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/latexmk

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